#wise man

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. ↗

— Diogenes

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Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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A wise man turns chance into good fortune. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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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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