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“We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys”
William Arthur Ward
“Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.”
“Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.”
“To become wise, one must "wish" to have certain experiences and run, as it were, into their gaping jaws. This, of course, is very dangerous; many a wise guy has been swallowed.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
William Shakespeare
“Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence”
Will Henry
“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.”
“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion”
Chinese Proverbs
“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”