#wise man

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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The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ↗

— Dean Inge

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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. ↗

— John Churton Collins

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A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

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