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Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family. ↗

— James K. Polk

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There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

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Time is the wisest counselor of all. ↗

— Pericles

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people. ↗

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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