Whoever is not too wise is wise.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
Believe me, wise men don't say ‘I shall live to do that’, tomorrow's life is too late; live today.
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
'The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.'
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
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