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I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. ... I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me... These are not, however, the days of miracles ... I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.

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Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.

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Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

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There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.

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See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.

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[Heraclitus] did not require humans or their sort of knowledge, since everything into which one may inquire he despises [as being] in contrast [to his own] inward-turning wisdom. [To him] all learning from others is a sign of nonwisdom, because the wise man focuses his vision on his own intelligence.

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The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

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Some of us awake in the night with strange phantasms of enchanted hills and gardens, of fountains that sing in the sun, of golden cliffs overhanging murmuring seas, of plains that stretch down to sleeping cities of bronze andstone, and of shadowy companies of heroes that ride caparisoned white horsesalong the edges of thick forests, and then we know that we have looked backthrough the ivory gates into that world of wonder that was ours, before we were wise and unhappy.

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The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.

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In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

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A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.

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Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views

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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

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To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.

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The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.

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The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.

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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

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If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it.

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