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“Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.”
William Arthur Ward
“Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“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
“Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence”
Will Henry
“We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys”
“Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
William Shakespeare
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
“Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.”
“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.”
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
William James