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Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government, is, it must be owned, but a shabby imitation.

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Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.

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It is impossible to love and to be wise.

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The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.

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I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply.

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The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.

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Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the government of worse men; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors, as the penalty of abstaining to speak,--that they shall hear worse orators than themselves.

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The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

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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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It is to our advantage to have securities do nothing price-wise for months, or perhaps years, while we are buying them.

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Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to once from their reason.

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The wise man knows without traveling.

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The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world.

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If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

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The wisest have the most authority.

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

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When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

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Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.

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The simplicity of the universe is very different from the simplicity of a machine. The simplicity of nature is not that which may be easily read but is inexhaustible. The last analysis can no wise be made.

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Oh, that the wise from their bright minds would kindle Such lamps within the dome of this dim world That the pale name of priest might shrink and dwindle Into the Hell from which it first was furled.

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