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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people. ↗

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology. ↗

— David Hilbert

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The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.' ↗

— Lela Rose

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Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. ↗

— Socrates

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The wisest have the most authority. ↗

— Plato

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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. ↗

— Roald Dahl

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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. ↗