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“A sage has one advantage he is immortal. If this is not his century many others will be.”
“A wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interests than it is theirs to find his weak point.”
“A wise man to accomplish his end may even carry his foe on his shoulder.”
“Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.”
“It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.”
“Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.”
“Le raison avant la passion - Reason over passion.”
“Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.”
“Never since the time of Copernicus have so many experts been so wrong so often with so little humility.”
“Night is the mother of counsels.”
“The more specific you are the more general it'll be.”
“The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.”
“The question of commonsense is always "what is it good for?" - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.”
“The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22 which specified the concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.”
“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
“The road to wisdom? Well it's plain And simple to express: Err And err And err again But less And less And less.”
“A wise man hears one word and understands two.”
“Through wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established.”
“Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom.”
