“A prudent question is one half of wisdom.”

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• “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

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• “Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.”

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• “Wise men make more opportunities than they find.”

  — Francis Bacon · Wisdom

• “It is impossible to love and to be wise.”

  — Francis Bacon · Wisdom

• “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”

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