Mann / Man Nur / Only Selbst / Himself Weise / Wise Weiser Mann / Wise Man Wettbewerb / Competition Würdig / Worthy
The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
