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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are
Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are
Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.
Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.
And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done
wisely: for the children of this world are read more
And the load commended the unjust steward, because he had done
wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light.
But these are foolish things to all the wise,
And I love wisdom more than she loves me;
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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.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, read more
Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in read more
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of
the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the
scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?