#wise men

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

— William Shakespeare

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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

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

— John Tillotson

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

— Roger Ascham

#common people #men #people #speak #style

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

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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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

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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. ↗

— Alan Paton

#books #die #end #hard #human