#wise men

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#any #aristotle #common #common people #counsel

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

— William Shakespeare

#course #embrace #me #men #say

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them. ↗

— Anacharsis

#causes #decide #fools #men #them

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

#chiefly #fit #flourishes #fools #men

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

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

— Douglas Bader

#guidance #men #obedience #rules #wise

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

#judges #kings #may #men #wise

When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. ↗

— John Milton

#bound #civil #civil liberty #complaints #considered