#wise people

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. ↗

— Buddha

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Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

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You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. ↗

— Robin Williams

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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. ↗

— Aristophanes

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I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it. ↗

— George Grosz

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Wise people say nothing in dangerous times. ↗

— John Selden

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