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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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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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It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ↗

— Charles William Eliot

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The wisest prophets make sure of the event first. ↗

— Horace Walpole

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