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Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
Tobias Smollett
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Lord Chesterfield
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
William Hazlitt
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Lord Chesterfield 
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato
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It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
William Hazlitt
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
Arthur Ashe
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James
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