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title: "6 Says Wisdom Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Bertolt Brecht: I would also like to be wise. In the old books it says what wisdom is: To shun the strife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-thien/bertolt-brecht-i-would-also-like-to-be-wise-in-the-old-books-it-says/)

[Madeleine Thien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-thien/)

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> [One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-chandler-haliburton/one-of-the-old-philosophers-says-that-it-is-the-part-of-wisdom-to/)

[Thomas Chandler Haliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-chandler-haliburton/)

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> [“There’s a Chinese proverb that says “Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you &amp; embracing those that strengthen you” Your mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo/there-s-a-chinese-proverb-that-says-wisdom-is-avoiding-all-thoughts/)

[Pablo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo/)

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> [“He that feeds the hungry refreshes his own soul, says wisdom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/he-that-feeds-the-hungry-refreshes-his-own-soul-says-wisdom/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“Love says 'I am everything.' Wisdom says 'I am nothing.' Between the two, my life flows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/love-says-i-am-everything-wisdom-says-i-am-nothing-between-the-two-my/)

[Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-nisargadatta-maharaj/)

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> [... where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nyssa/where-solomon-says-that-wisdom-has-built-herself-a-house-prov-9-1-he/)

[Gregory of Nyssa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nyssa/)

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