#wise men

For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. ↗

— Thomas Sydenham

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

— Alcuin

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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

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

— Natalie Clifford Barney

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

— John Tillotson

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