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Wise Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg
- To grow wiser means to learn to know better and better the faults to which this instrument with which we feel and judge can be…
- We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
- Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
More Wise Quotes
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
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- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov