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• "He is wise that is wise to himself."
  By: Euripides
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• "Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship."
  By: Epicurus
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• "These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits."
  By: Epictetus
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• "The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing."
  By: Epictetus
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• "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
  By: Epictetus
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• "The wise man must be wise before, not after, the event."
  By: Epicharmus
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• "The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.]"
  By: Quintus Ennius I, quoted by Cicero "De Officii", 3, 15
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• "He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise."
  By: Quintus Ennius
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• "Wisdom is infused into every form."
  By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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• "To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom."
  By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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• "Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage."
  By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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• "Every moment instructs, and every object; for wisdom is infused into every form. It has been poured into us as blood; it convulsed us as pain; it slid into us as pleasure; it enveloped us in dull, melancholy days, or in days of cheerful labor; we did not guess its essence until after long time."
  By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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• "Body cannot teach wisdom; God only."
  By: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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• "Man thinks Brutes have no wisdom, since they know not his: Can we divine their world?"
  By: George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross), The Spanish Gypsy (bk. II)
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• "No man can be wise on an empty stomach."
  By: George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans Cross)
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• "Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to acquire it."
  By: Albert Einstein
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