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But I do think it’s important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books.
Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.
Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.
This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.
Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured.
Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom.