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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.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
He was a wise man who invented beer.
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- Nov 07, 2020
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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- Nov 07, 2020
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
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The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
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- Nov 07, 2020
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
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- Nov 07, 2020