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Wise Man Quotes by William Hazlitt
- No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as…
- It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
- There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.
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- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. — Francis Bacon
- Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is… — Annie Besant
- It is best for the wise man not to seem wise. — Aeschylus
- A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. — William Blake
- To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only… — Thomas Carlyle
- Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. — Andrew Carnegie
- The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise… — Giacomo Casanova
- O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the… — Chanakya
- The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and… — Chanakya
- A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. — Lord Chesterfield
- So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. — Marcus Tullius Cicero