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

— Washington Allston

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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. ↗

— Euripides

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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. ↗

— Akhenaton

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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. ↗

— Franz Schubert

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

— William Shakespeare

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