#wise man

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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It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. ↗

— Jerome Cady

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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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It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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A wise man turns chance into good fortune. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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