Aphorisms
“A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than
a fool can see from the top of a mountain.”
“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool
from his friends.”
“A wise man is considered wise not because he possesses
wisdom, but because he shares it.”
“A wise man is he who fills his ears before empties his
mouth.”
“A wise man is the one who does his wisdom by actions; a
ruler is the man who rules his morals not his men.”
“A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one knows
everybody.”
“A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man
follows public opinion.”
“A wise man needs not to be taught everything, he applies
the principle in other situations.”
“A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.”
“A wise man once sat in the audience and cracked a joke.
All laughed like crazy. After a moment, he cracked the
same joke again and a little less people laughed this time.
He cracked the same joke again and again. When there
was no laughter in the crowd, he smiled and said, ‘When
you can’t laugh on the same joke again and again, then
why do you keep crying over the same thing over and over
again? Forget the past and move on’”
A wise man once told me to expect the unexpected. I then
punched him in the face and asked him if he had expected
“that.”
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