#wise man

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. ↗

— Herodotus

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Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. ↗

— Horace

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. ↗

— Robert Cecil

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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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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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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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