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In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise: which of the two generals has the most ability? on which side is Discipline most rigorously enforced? which army is stronger? on which side are the officers and men more highly trained? in which army is there the greater constancy both in reward and punishment?

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Do you know this Sanskrit Shloka: "Let those who are versed in the ethical codes praise or blame, let Lakshmi, the goddess of Fortune, come or go wherever she wisheth, let death overtake him today or after a century, the wise man never swerves from the path of rectitude." Let people praise you or blame you, let fortune smile or frown upon you, let your body fall today or after a Yuga, see that you do not deviate from the path of Truth.

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A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.

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Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?

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Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.

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Let's be wise as the silence, strong as the wind, useful as the light; let's make of our lips a censer of the virtues.

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The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

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Wise men read very sharply all of your private history in your look and gait and behavior.

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When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.

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There are two things which make it impossible to believe that this world is the successful work of an all-wise, all-good, and at the same time, all-powerful being; firstly, the misery which abounds in it everywhere; and secondly, the obvious imperfection of its highest product, man, who is a burlesque of what he should be.

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The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

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Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.

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By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should.

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For to be wise and love exceeds man's might.

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Oh, be wise, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.

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Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better.

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Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who is its object; justice is love serving only Him who is its object, and therefore rightly ruling; prudence is love making wise distinction between what hinders and what helps itself.

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It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

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Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar

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Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.

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