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No man is wise enough by himself.


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No man is wise enough by himself.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without f...
THOMAS à KEMPIS No man is hurt but by himself.
DIOGENES No man is hurt but by himself
DIOGENES No man is demolished but by himself.
RICHARD BENTLY No man is hurt but by himself
DIOGENES OF SINOPE No man was ever wise by chance.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA No man ever became wise by chance
SENECA No man was ever wise by chance
SENECA The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
ANATOLE FRANCE A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself
ANNA JAMESON The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.
MRS. JAMIESON A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A wise man finds joy when he finds himself no longer a slave to his emotions.
KAREMA MCGHEE Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of disti...
DIOGENES The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
WASHINGTON ALLSTON Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
HORACE The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
BEN JOHNSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...
BEN JONSON The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Measure For Measure
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good ...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is ...
THOMAS HUXLEY Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks.
CRISS JAMI There's not one wise man among twenty will praise himself.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
EDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTON A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
MICHAEL EYQUEN DE MONTAIGNE Is any man skillful enough to have fashioned himself?
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
GEORGE HERBERT A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a ...
BIBLE Or, as Sextus, the ancient Pythagorian philosopher, said, “The wise man is always similar to himse...
ELIZABETH GILBERT No mortal man is wise at all times.
UNKNOWN I sincerely believe that no problem is bigger than man, and problems are blown out of proportion by ...
KAJOL The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like It. Act v...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Not all philosophy's are wise but than again every philosophy is thought by man and every man was on...
ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
PLINY THE ELDER Time ripens all thing. No man is born wise.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VOLTAIRE A child works by faith; he is not wise enough to know doubt.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.
RICHARD BENTLEY It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself
RICHARD BENTLEY No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in whi...
HENRY MILLER A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself.
TOM STOPPARD Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immor...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
AMERICAN PROVERB We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes ...
JOS We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes ...
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes ...
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.
GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS No man is to lower himself by showing tolerance towards any sort of heretic, least of all a Calvinis...
CARDINAL CARAFFA The actual confident man, the man truly sure of himself, is not he who esteems himself higher than o...
CRISS JAMI The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
E. W. HOWE The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to ...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE A man by himself is in bad company.
ERIC HOFFER So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
FANNIE HURST It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
FANNIE HURST It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to
FANNIE HURST A wise man does nothing by constraint.
CHARLES CHURCHILL A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself.
JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself...
PYTHAGORAS You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his quest...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his que...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his quest...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ No man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUS A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, ...
JOSEPH CONRAD A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, ...
JOSEPH CONRAD A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, ...
MARCUS AURELIUS A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, ...
HENRY WARD BEECHER No man is such a conquerer as the man who has defeated himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER No wise man ever wished to be younger.
JONATHAN SWIFT You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his quest...
NAGUIB The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.
CHARLES H. PARKHURST The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his...
VLADIMIR LENIN Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his...
LENIN (VLADIMIR ULYANOV) He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
SAMUEL JOHNSON He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty
SAMUEL JOHNSON The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why w...
OTTO WEININGER The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.
THEODOR REIK Adaptability: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that c...
W. R. INGE No man is free who is not a master of himself.
EPICTETUS No man is free who is not a master of himself
EPICTETUS There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'
LANCE ARMSTRONG No man is happy who does not think himself so.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishe...
JASON ZEBEHAZY The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
HERODOTUS A smart man reads the quotes; a wise man lives by the quotes.
ALEKSANDR SEBRYAKOV Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.
BAYARD TAYLOR To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, tha...
THOMAS CARLYLE The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. ...
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balanc...
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PLAUTUS TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A man of three letters, " F U R."
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS It well becomes a young man to be modest.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not every age is fit for childish sports.
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No man is wise enough by himself.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Speak no evil of an absent friend.
(Non male loquare absenti amico)
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Practice yourself what you preach.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS The evil that we know is best.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS I am always afraid of your "something shall be done."
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A word to the wise is enough.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Conquered, we conquer.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS No blessing lasts forever
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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.
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