Morgan Freeman Quotes
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Xenophanes
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History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.
Ted Koppel
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The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.
Lao Tzu
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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
Victor Hugo
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All bad art is the result of good intentions.
Oscar Wilde
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It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.
Oscar Wilde
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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 is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
Euripides
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It is the wise man's part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.
Euripides
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It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
Euripides
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These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.
Epictetus
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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
Confucius
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A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
Confucius
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The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.
Confucius
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The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.
Lao Tzu
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The Wise Man is square but not sharp, honest but not not malign, straight but not severe, bright but not dazzling.
Lao Tzu
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For the wise man, every day is a festival.
Plutarch
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Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish.
Hermann Hesse
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During a wise man's whole life, his destiny holds his philosophy in a state of siege.
Victor Hugo
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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
Seneca the Younger
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Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
Albert Einstein
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I realized that all animals, not just dogs and cats and horses, were sentient beings; therefore, I just couldn't say I love animals and then eat them.
William McNamara
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I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.
Morgan Freeman