“He that increaseth wisdom, increaseth sorrow.”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Source: The Anatomy of Melancholy
“In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
— Solomon
Ecclesiastes, 1:18 http://bible.cc/ecclesiastes/1-18.htm, King James Version
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“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book VI, Winter Walk at Noon, Line 92.
Context: Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass,
The mere materials with which wisdom builds,
Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place,
Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
“850. He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“Some grief shows much of love,
But much of grief shows still some want of wit.”
William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana
“So much grief, so much anger. So unlike the usual Adrian.”
Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice
Source: Last Sacrifice
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host
As quoted in "Humanity will survive information deluge — Sir Arthur C Clarke" in OneWorld South Asia (5 December 2003) http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/74591/1 <br class="br">2000s and attributed from posthumous publications
