As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

Confucius

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They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Confucius

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There are only the wise of the highest class, and the stupid of the lowest class, who cannot be changed.

Confucius

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The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men-as well as his great moments of grand harmony-a rare accident even in us! A sort of planetary motion.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

Rabindranath Tagore

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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Confucius

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