#wise man

The wise man reads both books and life itself. ↗

— Lin Yutang

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Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. ↗

— George Byron

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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