#wise man

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

— William Shakespeare

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The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

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No wise man ever wished to be younger. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. ↗

— Norman Douglas

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The fool wanders, a wise man travels. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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

— Washington Allston

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

— Aeschylus

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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ↗

— Epicurus

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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. ↗

— Euripides

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To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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