But these are foolish things to all the wise,
And I love wisdom more than she loves me;
My tendency is to philosophise
On most things, from a tyrant to a tree;
But still the spouseless virgin Knowledge flies,
What are we? and whence come we? what shall be
Our ultimate existence? What's our present?
Are questions answerless, and yet incessant.
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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
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judgment.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a
man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a read more
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a
man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and
sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
