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(verb) To become wise.

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"The wise warrior avoids the battle."
— Sun Tzu
"When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger."
— Confucius
"Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time."
— Theodore Roosevelt
"Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand."
— Plato
"Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall."
— William Shakespeare
"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."
— Marilyn Monroe
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
— Thomas Jefferson
"“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened."
— Lao Tzu
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
— Benjamin Franklin
"Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something."
— Aristotle
"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."
— Gautama Buddha
"Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."
— Benjamin Franklin
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