#wise man

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

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

— Anna Jameson

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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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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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That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man. ↗

— Solomon Burke

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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

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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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The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. ↗

— Moliere

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