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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Great, Alone, Wish

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Lives, Thinks, Folly

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

Age, Mind, Away

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Battle, Win, Thinks

It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Others, Ourselves, Easier

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Others, Ourselves, Easier

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
George Jean Nathan

Beauty, Men, Sad

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
Thomas Fuller

Travel, Fool, Makes

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Samuel Johnson

Love, Wisdom, Fool

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
William Butler Yeats

Wisdom, Wish, Suffering

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Andrew Carnegie

Thoughts, Eggs, Basket

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
Edward Abbey

Men, Enough, Others

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
Douglas Bader

Men, Rules, Guidance

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
Tobias Smollett

Otherwise, Folks

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
George Eliot

Fool, Wife, Him

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Grantland Rice

Opinion, Decisions, Makes

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
Samuel Johnson

Truth, Knowledge, Rich

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences.
Sonia Sotomayor

Life, Good, Judge

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
Horace

Begin, Bold, Venture

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Thomas Gray

Ignorance, Bliss, Folly

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Duke Ellington

Play, Musicians, Master

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
Plutarch

Men, Human, Opinion

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
Epicurus

Fool, Prosperity, Misfortune

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
Alexander Pope

Doubt, Cautious, Prone

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental.
Thomas Huxley

Makes, Injustice, Nor

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
William Arthur Ward

Learn, Line, Top

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
William Penn

Beauty, Marriage, Money

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
James Russell Lowell

Politics, Good, Poor

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!
Thomas Huxley

Religion, Beautiful, Him

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Baltasar Gracian

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