#wise

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best? ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ↗

— Charles W. Eliot

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Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now claim to remember otherwise. ↗

— James Donald

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Yes. We do think that the stimulus package is raising GDP and raising employment relative to what would have happened otherwise. ↗

— Doug Elmendorf

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Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. ↗

— Euripides

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Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all. ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

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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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Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it. ↗

— Florence King

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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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