#wise man

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

— Xenophanes

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The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. ↗

— Euripides

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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. ↗

— Fannie Hurst

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Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. ↗

— George Byron

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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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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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A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ↗

— Plato

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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

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The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ↗

— Dean Inge

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