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  • Edmund Burke The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Baltasar Gracián The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Isaac D'Israeli The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
    Isaac D'Israeli
    British scholar and writer (1766 - 1848)
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  • Samuel Johnson The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Publilius Syrus The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • John Pierpont Morgan The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.
    John Pierpont Morgan
    American banker, financer, art collector (1837 - 1913)
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  • Jack Handey The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.
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  • Baltasar Gracián The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Aristotle The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Charles Dudley Warner The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.
    Charles Dudley Warner
    American writer (1829 - 1900)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Wilferd Arlan Peterson The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of ''nothing attempted, nothing gained'' and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
    Wilferd Arlan Peterson
    American author (1900 - 1995)
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  • John B. S. Haldane The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Marcus Aurelius The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Samuel Smiles The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
    Samuel Smiles
    Scottish writer (1812 - 1904)
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  • Buddha The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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