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Dhammapada
Chapter V: The Fool (63)
The fool who knows his foolishness, is wise at least so far. But a fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.
The Masnavi
The Three Fishes (1-10)
The marks of the wise man, of the half wise, and of the fool. The wise man is he who possesses a torch of his own; That leader is his own director...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (69)
Where is a man (who is) wise or powerful in intelligence, or a man whose devices are many because he knows wisdom? Let him speak wisdom; let him...
Mundaka Upanishad
First Mundaka, Second Khanda (8)
Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round staggering to and fro, like blind men...
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (5)
'Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round, staggering to and fro, like blind men...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (391)
No man who down upon the earth and upon tables is wise.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (176)
A wise man is a doer of good works after God.
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (242-251)
Cleverness is as a wind raising storms of pride; Be foolish, so that your heart may be at peace; Not with the folly that doubles itself by vain...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (55)
He (Wisdom) is a holy kingdom and a shining robe. For it (Wisdom) is much gold, which gives you great honor. The Wisdom of God became a type of fool f...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (49)
The wise man is governed by God, and on this account is blessed. A scientific knowledge of God causes a man to use few words.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (30)
Do not mention everything in the presence of those whom you do not know.
The Masnavi
The Three Fishes (11-19)
He wanders into the boundless desert, Sometimes halting and despairing, sometimes running. He has no lamp wherewith to light himself on his way, He...
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching (33)
He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty. He...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XV: Different Degrees of Knowledge. (23)
Knowledge is then followed by practical wisdom, and practical wisdom by self-control: for it may be said that practical wisdom is divine knowledge,...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVIII: The Use of Philosophy to the Gnostic. (14)
The only wisdom, therefore, is the God-taught wisdom we possess; on which depend all the sources of wisdom, which make conjectures at the truth.
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (123)
But now if thou art not thus, then thou art blind herein, though thou were the wittiest and wisest doctor that ever could be found in the world.
Katha Upanishad
Third Vallī (13)
'A wise man should keep down speech and mind; he should keep them within the Self which is knowledge; he should keep knowledge within the Self which...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 4 (4.4.21)
By knowing Him only, a wise Brahman should get for himself intelligence; He should not meditate upon many words, For that is a weariness of speech.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter V: He Proves By Several Examples That the Greeks Drew From the Sacred Writers. (7)
Plato, moreover, has called the wise man a king, in The Statesman. The remark is quoted above.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (24)
The wise man is always similar to himself. The knowledge and imitation of divinity, are alone sufficient to beatitude. Use lying as poison.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (44)
No one is wise who looks downward to the earth. To lie is to deceive in life, and to be deceived.
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