#wise

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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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

#both #either #existence #ignorant #ignorant people

If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge its boundaries and increase its influence, and thus increase already impending dangers? ↗

— William H. Seward

#boundaries #constitution #dangers #enlarge #how

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#himself #knows #man #thinks #wise

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. ↗

— Shakira

#falling #falling in love #family #i #love

We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise. ↗

— Jonathan Shapiro

#country #expectation #individual #law #mental

This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#character #common #film #like #says

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#future #made #our #past #recollection

War at this time and in this place is unwelcome, unwise, and simply wrong. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#simply #time #unwelcome #unwise #war