#wise men

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

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Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ↗

— Plato

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Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings. ↗

— Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles. ↗

— Origen

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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human. ↗

— Plutarch

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In Greece wise men speak and fools decide. ↗

— George Santayana

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There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion. ↗

— Cat Stevens

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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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