Wisdom

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Johnson, Samuel. "Idler." Universal Chronicle, 19 May 1759, no. 57.

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Sudharmasvami, Gandhara. Sutrakranga. 2nd century BC, bk. 1, lecture 1, ch. 4, no. 10.

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Jaina Sutras, part 2, translated by Herman Jacobi. Gyan Publishing House, 2021, Sutrakritanga sutra, lecture 1, lesson 1, ch. 4, no. 10.

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

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

The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Lavater, Johann Kaspar. Aphorisms of Man, translated by Henry Fuseli. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 93.

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Trebek, Alex. The Answer Is... Simon & Schuster, 2020.

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Young, Edward. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. London: R. Dodsley, 1742-1745, Night 1, I. 390.

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Young, Edward. Edward Young: Night Thoughts, edited by Stephen Cornford. Cambridge University Press, 2008, Night 1, I. 390.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Cakes and Ale, or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard. William Heinemann/Garden City Publishing Co., 1930.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Cakes and Ale. Vintage, 2000.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:18).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 1:25).

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 17:27).

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Plautus, Titus Maccius. Miles Gloriosus [The Swaggering Soldier]. c. 206 BC.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Richard Milward

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Selden, John. Table-talk, being discourses of John Seldon, Esq. London: Alex Murray and Sons, 1689.

Great men are not always wise.

Job 32:9

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 32:9).