“There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon.”
Letter to M.V. Kiseleva (January 14, 1887)
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Russian dramatist, author and physician 1860–1904Related quotes

“Solomon made a great mistake when he asked for wisdom.”
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)

On his advice to Latino poets in “Interview with Francisco Aragón: Latino Poetry From All Its Perspectives” https://www.sampsoniaway.org/literary-voices/2010/09/16/interview-with-francisco-aragon-latino-poetry-from-all-its-perspectives/ in Sampsonia Way (2010 Sept 16)

“Wisdom doesn't affect corrupt hearts.”
Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 304.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General

Ik moet iets hebben naast man en kinderen waar ik me aan wijden kan! O ja, ik wil niet zoals de meeste mensen voor niets geleefd hebben. Ik wil van nut of plezier zijn voor de mensen, die om mij heen leven en die mij toch niet kennen.
5 April 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)