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294 quotesWe can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.
Understanding
Adlai E. Stevenson
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A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
Money
Jonathan Swift
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.
Age and Aging
Jonathan Swift
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From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own.
Mistakes
Publilius Syrus
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Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Advice
Publilius Syrus
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The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
Wisdom
Publilius Syrus
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The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
Fame
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
Wisdom
The Talmud
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Who is wise? One who learns from all.
Wisdom
The Talmud
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least.
Love
Lord Alfred Tennyson
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You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
Focus
Terence
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Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Alcohol and Alcoholism
Henry David Thoreau
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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
Words
Edward Thorndike
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A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
Wisdom
James Thurber
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Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
Zeal
John Tillotson
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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.
Lies and Lying
Mark Twain
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A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether or not to say it.
Speakers and Speaking
Source Unknown
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A wise man admits his weaknesses. I'd admit mine if I had any.
Confession
Source Unknown
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A wise man doesn't just wait for the right opportunity, He creates the right opportunity.
Opportunity
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A word to the wise is infuriating.
Advice
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Do your best to be the lead dog otherwise the view never changes.
Leaders and Leadership
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It is said that only a fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man from the mistakes of others.
Mistakes
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It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final.
Possibilities
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Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Knowledge
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The best mind might be the wisest mind if it were a mind alone that produces wisdom.
Wisdom
Source Unknown
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun