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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 gene...more

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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

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Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

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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 gene...more

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

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Despise no new accident in your body, but ask opinion of it… There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man’s observation, what he finds ...more

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We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is not possible to join serpentine wisd...more

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

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Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

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Crafty men condemn studies; Simple men admire them; And wise men use them: For they teach not their own use: but that is a wisdom without them, and ab...more

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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.

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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.