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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. Francis Bacon, Essays, 1625

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A wise man can do no better

A wise man can do no better than to turn from the churches and look up through the airy majesty of the wayside trees with exultation, with resignation, at the unconquerable unimplicated sun. Llewelyn Powys, The Pathetic Fallacy

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Life will always remain a gamble

Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise. Jerome K. Jerome

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To find a score of men

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it. A.A. Hodge

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Way of being wise

Be happy.  It’s one way of being wise. Colette

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The foolish man seeks happiness

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. James Openheim

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A wise man

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus

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