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A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.
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A penny will hide the biggest star in the Universe if you hold it close enough to your eye.
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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architectural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as well as to art. Ignorance of the past does not guarantee freedom from its imperfections.
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A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
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A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
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A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
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A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.
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A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.
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A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
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A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
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