Lack of wisdom

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Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to purchase.

William Blake

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Topic

Lack of wisdom Wisdom

Author

William Blake

Source

Vala, or The Four Zoas

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William and Edwin John Ellis and William Butler Yeats. "Vala, or The Four Zoas." The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic and Critical. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1893, night 2.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Four Zoas: Vala Night the Second." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Polybius

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Topic

Winning Lack of wisdom

Author

Polybius

Source

Histories (Polybius)

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

117 BC 110s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Polybius. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 110 BC, bk. 10.

Current Citation

Polybius. The Histories, translated by W. R. Paton. Vol. 4, Loeb Classical Library, 1992, bk. 10.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

Anne Bradstreet

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Topic

Exercise of power Illegitimate authority Lack of wisdom Wisdom

Author

Anne Bradstreet

Source

Meditations Divine and Moral

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. Meditations Divine and Moral. c. 1664, st. 12.

Current Citation

Bradstreet, Anne. "Meditations Divine and Moral." The Works of Anne Bradstreet. Harvard University Press, 1967, st. 12.