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Letter "W" » Wisdom
«There is no object that we see; no action that we do; no good that we enjoy; no evil that we feel, or fear, but we may make some spiritual advantage of all: and he that makes such improvement is wise, as well as pious.»
«The study of Japanese thought is the study of Indian thought.»
«The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.»
«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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«There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile prudence, the result not of caution but of fear»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
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Wisdom
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caution, courageous, prudence, reptile, reptiles
«The wise are doubtful.»
«There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant»
«There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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Wisdom
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«There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.»
«The sun itself sees not till heaven clears.»
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