#wise man

Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

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

— Xenophanes

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A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

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

— Washington Allston

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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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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. ↗