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Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

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This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as wise as wise can be (having been brought up by the fairies), and you can tell me this: Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?

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Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

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The wise are not learned, the learned are not wise.

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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.

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Love is your master, for he masters you; And he that is so yoked by a fool Methinks should not be chronicled for wise.

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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.

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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

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The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.

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What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

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As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.

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Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

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What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.

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

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All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

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It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

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