#wise man

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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A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

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

— Anna Jameson

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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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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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The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

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