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The wise man says it cannot be done, but the fool goes and does it.
Wisdom
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The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.
Words
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To a wise man every day is a new life.
Life and Living
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What a wonderful world this would be if there were as many wise people as there are clever people.
Wisdom
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Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be.
Wisdom
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He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
Wisdom
Voltaire

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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.
Superstition
Voltaire

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The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.
Prosperity
Horace Walpole

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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
Ethics
George Washington

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Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
Research
H.G. Wells

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Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
Reason
Welsh Proverb

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The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
Contradiction
Oscar Wilde

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Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.
Stupidity
Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
Age and Aging
William Wordsworth

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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
Language
William Butler Yeats

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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
Words
Yiddish Proverb

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Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.
Wisdom
Andrew Young

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It is wise for us to forget our troubles, there are always new ones to replace them.
Trouble
Brigham Young

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Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Age and Aging
Edward Young

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun