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294 quotesTime ripens all things; no man is born wise.
Wisdom
Miguel De Cervantes
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All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.
Enthusiasm
William Ellery Channing
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
Wisdom
Geoffrey Chaucer
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A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
Wit
Lord Chesterfield
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Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so.
Discretion
Lord Chesterfield
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
Wisdom
Chinese Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Decisions
Chinese Proverb
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All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.
Mistakes
Winston Churchill
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In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used frequently to take my advice.
Advice
Winston Churchill
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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
Will and Will Power
Marcus T. Cicero
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
Lies and Lying
Marcus T. Cicero
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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
Masses
Marcus T. Cicero
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Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Change
Karen Kaiser Clark
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You are only as wise as others perceive you to be.
Perception
M. Shawn Cole
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The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
Ideas
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
Courtesy
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
Wisdom
John Churton Collins
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It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.
Argument
Charles Caleb Colton
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Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.
Humor
Charles Caleb Colton
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No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
Power
Charles Caleb Colton
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Silence
Charles Caleb Colton
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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
Fools and Foolishness
Confucius
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Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.
Change
Confucius
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A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice.
Advice
Bill Cosby
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In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.
Planning
Jo Coudert
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun