“Wisdom sits alone
Topmost in Heaven.”
The Scholar of Thibet.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)
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American magazine writer, editor, and publisher 1806–1867Related quotes
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.”
“A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone.”
Vol. I, Luke V: 27–32, p. 150
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)
“For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits
near them, waiting.”
Source: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Un désespoir paisible, sans convulsions de colère et sans reproches au ciel est la sagesse même.
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Journal d'un poète (1867)
“3031. It is Wit to pick a Lock, and steal a Horse; but it is Wisdom to let it alone.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
