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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.


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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man
DIOGENES It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
XENOPHANES It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
FANNIE HURST It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
FANNIE HURST It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to
FANNIE HURST A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
CONFUCIUS It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
NORMAN DOUGLAS It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.
NORMAN DOUGLAS A wise man understands, an intelligent man knows, but a fool pretends to know.
DEBASISH MRIDHA It takes a wise man a lot of hard work to ignore something to a point of ignorance.
EPHDAN The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man ...
FRANK M. GARAFOLA Don't envy the wise, pity them. A wise man is a man who's had a hard life.
JOVIAN KRYNICKI Wise man is a wing; stupid man is a hole! You meet a wise man, you rise, you meet a stupid man, and ...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
AESCHYLUS Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish...
DIOGENES Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish...
DIOGENES OF SINOPE A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A wise man was once foolish and throw foolishness did he become wise
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA A wise man was once foolish
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
WILLIAM PENN A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
THE BIBLE Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of disti...
DIOGENES Not all philosophy's are wise but than again every philosophy is thought by man and every man was on...
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
JOHN RAY A wise man does nothing by constraint.
CHARLES CHURCHILL The fool wanders, a wise man travels.
THOMAS FULLER Adversity makes a man wise, not rich
ROMANIAN PROVERB A wise man does his own work.
TURKISH PROVERB Adversity and loss make a man wise
WELSH PROVERB The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
ANATOLE FRANCE A man who is wise is only as wise as his wife thinks he is.
VIKRANT PARSAI The wise man stops being wise when he gets angry.
VIKRANT PARSAI The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
E. W. HOWE The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet la...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Wise man’s mind is always very clear. When asked anything, he gives the answer directly almost wit...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that informati...
JOSH KELLER Wise is nice to only good, hearty guys but employs harsh action & bad voice against the wicked women...
ANUJ SOMANY Too much alcohol can unleash the stupidity of a wise man.
FLORD VIOUZRE Every calm and quiet place is the true temple of the wise man!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN For ocean, whale is a small fish; for wise man, small fish is an ocean! Sun, hides in the candle!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN The power of the river is to flow wildly! The power of the lake is to think calmly! Wise man both fl...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Water jokes about the obstacles on its way; wise man jokes about the obstacles on his way!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Why a wise man think that he is more smarter than a Fool!
JAN JANSEN Like a dolphin which is happy even in the middle of giant waves and horrible storms, wise man is als...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Archer has arrows to shoot; Sun has lights to shoot and Wise Man has thoughts to shoot!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Offer a wise man to be the king of the world, he will refuse it because wisdom is already a kingdom ...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN A house by the lake must have many windows so as to benefit fully the brilliant view; a man by the w...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN The wise man is he who is not surprised when he finds stale tea in a beautiful teapot!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.
DAVID HUME A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence
DAVID HUME A smart man reads the quotes; a wise man lives by the quotes.
ALEKSANDR SEBRYAKOV To a wise man every day is a new life.
SOURCE UNKNOWN The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When a wise man offers advice, only a fool would refuse it.
DUSTIN H. MATHENY Wise man learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE CENSOR A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
BRUCE LEE "A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
BRUCE LEE A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
THOMAS FULLER He was a wise man who invented beer.
UNKNOWN He was a wise man who invented God.
PLATO He was a wise man who invented beer.
PLATO A wise man transcends both thanatos and eros
DR HITESH C SHETH Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
GEORGE HERBERT A wise man knows everything.A shrewd one, everybody.
OLD CHINESE PROVERB Behind every wise successful man is a women
DEICY ZULEICA GONZALEZ It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
WILLIAM HAZLITT A wise man is actually a very experienced person.
NEHA KOTHARI A wise man changes his mind, a fool never
SPANISH PROVERB A wise man can be a fool in love.
CHETAN BHAGAT A Strong Man Works on his Strength. A Wise Man Works on his Weakness.
DANIEL RIEGER ANDERSSON A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.
CONFUCIUS One day a small monkey was always getting ignored by the other monkeys ,so to get attention he said ...
GARY F EVANS... A wise man once found peace in the practice of saying nothing, leaving the gossiper with no other ch...
HERBERT MAURICE BRUNNER In a fight with a fool it is a wise man who quits.
VIKRANT PARSAI A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion
CHINESE PROVERBS The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
VICTOR HUGO A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON Why a wise man is wise? The answer is simple: Because he has left his own shore!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Measure For Measure
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is neve...
FRANK HERBERT It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is neve...
FRANK HERBERT Water is the only drink for a wise man.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU A wise man hears one word and understands two.
YIDDISH PROVERB A wise man hears one word and understands two.
YIDDISH PROVERB [Water is] the only drink for a wise man.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
JOHN CHURTON COLLINS A wise man hears one word and understands two
YIDDISH PROVERB A wise man is always constrained in decision-making.
SUNDAY ADELAJA A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with...
HELEN ROWLAND If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is fooli...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
PROVERB Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse
THOMAS FULLER Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
THOMAS FULLER

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DIOGENES I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
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DIOGENES One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any e...
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LAERTIUS DIOGENES None but the brave deserve the fair.
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DIOGENES OF SINOPE Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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DIOGENES OF SINOPE Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
DIOGENES OF SINOPE Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
DIOGENES OF SINOPE There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
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