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Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. -- Lord Byron
The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of sages but of ordinary people. Prosperity is more social and psychological: it's about identification, affiliation, participation in society and a sense of purpose. -- Tim Jackson
He is a despicable sage whose wisdom does not profit himself. -- Publilius Syrus
But Love is the final reality; and anyone who does not understand this, be he writer or sage, is a man flawed in wisdom. -- Sheldon Vanauken
Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage and seer. -- Newell Dwight Hillis
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise manÂ´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage. -- Dalai Lama
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself] -- Euripides
In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree. -- Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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