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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.»
«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
«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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Fear,
Prudence,
Wisdom
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caution, courageous, prudence, reptile, reptiles
«There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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Praise,
Wisdom
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praise, twenties, twenty, wise man