#wise man

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. ↗

— Anna Jameson

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To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

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Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

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A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. ↗

— Aeschylus

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The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. ↗

— William Dean Howells

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