#wise man

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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From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. ↗

— Norman Douglas

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The fool wanders, a wise man travels. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

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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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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. ↗

— Aeschylus

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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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The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. ↗

— Franz Schubert

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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. ↗