But where shall wisdom be found?

וְֽ֭הַחָכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תִּמָּצֵ֑א

Job

Job 28:12

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Seeking wisdom Seeking Wisdom

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Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

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Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 28:12).

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Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

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Siddhartha

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Hermann Hesse
Source
Siddhartha
Language
German
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

Current Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1st Kings 19:11-12

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Nature of God God
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1st Kings The Bible
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Language
Hebrew
Time
538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 19:11-12).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Man is the measure of all things.

Protagoras

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Nature of man
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Protagoras

Author

Plato
Source
Theaetetus
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
420 BC 420s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Plato. Θεαίτητος [Theatetus]. c. 400 BC.

Current Citation

Plato. Theatetus, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21

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Nature of the world Creation of the world Creation The world
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Genesis The Bible
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Scripture
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Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:21).

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What is your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?

Chief Wiggum

The Simpsons

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Chief Wiggum
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The Simpsons
Medium
TV program
Genre
Comedy (TV) Comedy
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Language
English
Time
1998 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"This Little Wiggy." The Simpsons, written by Matt Groening and James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, directed by Neil Affleck and Jim Reardon, season 9, episode 18, Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television, 1998.