#wise man

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

— Jean de La Fontaine

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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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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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The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. ↗

— Jerome Cady

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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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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

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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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