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«Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat's ear, but only the wisest of cats would think to look there»
«Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.»
«There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Wisdom
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difference, fool, generally, happiest, The Greatest, thinks, wisdom, wisest
«Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.»
«It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.»
«Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
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Mankind
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inconsistencies, invariably, predominant, weakest, weakly, wisest
«It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.»
«I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.»
«Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.»
«Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.»
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