#wise men

At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. ↗

— Alcuin

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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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Wise men argue causes; fools decide them. ↗

— Anacharsis

#causes #decide #fools #men #them

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. ↗

— Robert South

#conceal #given #men #mind #ordinary

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? ↗

— Natalie Clifford Barney

#grab #ignore #like #men #possessions

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. ↗

— John Tillotson

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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#doubt #give #keep #men #quiet

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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