Wise Man Quotes
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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
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A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity.
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The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.
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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.
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A fool learns nothing from a wise man; but a wise man learns from a fool.
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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.
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.
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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.
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The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail.
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Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop.
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It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
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A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
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As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
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The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
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A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
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It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.
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The wise man knows he doesn't know.
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Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.
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A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.
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The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.
