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That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man. ↗

— Solomon Burke

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It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest. ↗

— Norman Douglas

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The fool wanders, a wise man travels. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. ↗

— David Hume

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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. ↗

— Xenophanes

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A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. ↗

— Washington Allston

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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. ↗

— Aeschylus

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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. ↗

— William Blake

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