#wise men

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

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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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Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end? ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ↗

— Plato

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To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style. ↗

— Roger Ascham

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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. ↗

— Douglas Bader

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A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out. ↗

— Saul Bellow

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