Wise Man Quotes
Timeless lines on quiet, hard-won wisdom.
One line reframes rivalry entirely, arguing the only worthwhile competition for a wise person is against their own past self.
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Able Quotes
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
Art Quotes
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Beer Quotes
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
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