Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections
“4833. The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than a Fool from his Friends.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1749) : The wise Man draws more Advantage from his Enemies, than the Fool from his Friends.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Nothing will a man rue more than refusal to listen to the wise.”
Philo (-15–45 BC) Roman philosopher
54.
Every Good Man is Free
“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.”
Francis Bacon book Essays
Of Ceremonies and Respect
Essays (1625)
Variant: Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Source: The Essays
“Man is wise … when he recognises no greater enemy than himself.”
Marguerite de Navarre book Heptaméron
Third Day, Novel XXX
L'Heptaméron (1558)
“Tesla has contributed more to electrical science than any man up to his time.”
William Thomson (1824–1907) British physicist and engineer
Statement of 1896, as quoted in Prodigal Genius : The Life of Nikola Tesla (2007) by James J. O'Neill
Will Durant book The Story of Civilization
Preface
The Story of Civilization (1935–1975), VI - The Reformation (1957)
Isaac Asimov book The Tragedy of the Moon
"The Tragedy of the Moon," The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (July 1972)
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