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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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Once one is caught up into the material world not one person in ten thousand finds the time to form literary taste, to examine the validity of philosophic concepts for himself, or to form what, for lack of a better phrase, I might call the wise and tragic sense of life.

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We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

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If the subject's easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.

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When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we are on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet. . . indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

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Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.

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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as wise as wise can be (having been brought up by the fairies), and you can tell me this: Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?

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The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.

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May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.

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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

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The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail

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I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

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Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views

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Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart; Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.

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The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name!

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Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

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The difference between me and you is... that I don't mind what happens.

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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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Nature never deserts the wise and pure; no plot so narrow, be but nature there; no waste so vacant, but may well employ each faculty of sense, and keep the heart awake to love and beauty.

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