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wise

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1. wise - Noun

2. wise - Adjective

3. wise - Verb

5. wise - Adjective Satellite

6. Wise - Proper noun

Meaning

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.

Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.

Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.

Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.

Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. Cato the Elder

A wise person is not bored in their solitude; they are bored in a crowd of fools. Source: Internet

No man was ever wise by chance. Seneca

The wise man will be cheated only once. Finnish Proverb

One idiot threw a stone in the well, thousand wise people could not get it out. Armenian Proverb

Wise men honor their wives. Bulgarian Proverb

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