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61 " It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. "
62 " There was a wise man in the East whose constant prayer was that he might see today with the eyes of tomorrow. "
63 " Africa has her mysteries and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them. "
64 " A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. "
― William Blake
65 " It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest. "
66 " A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. "
67 " Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. "
68 " Of all the weaknesses that beset a man, vanity is the most deadly. For through vanity can a wise man turn to folly. "
― Raymond E. Feist , Exile's Return (Conclave of Shadows, #3)
69 " A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. "
70 " A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. "
71 " Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. "
72 " He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. "
73 " A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. "
74 " So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. "
75 " It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins. "
76 " It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. "
77 " Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. "
― Thomas Fuller
78 " Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. "