#wise man

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick. ↗

— Sophocles

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The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. ↗

— Claude Levi-Strauss

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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

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Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

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If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ↗

— Epictetus

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