#wise man

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. ↗

— Hippocrates

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Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. ↗

— Horace

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. ↗

— Robert Cecil

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A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

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

— Thomas Fuller

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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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