Wisdom literature · Skopia

Quotes

9

Wisdom literature

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

500 BC

★ 7.2

Religious literature · Wisdom literature

The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure; and he that hath little business shall become wise.

175 BC

★ 3.6

Wisdom literature

Remember: it is not given to man to take his goods with him. No one goes away and then comes back.

The Song of the Harper

2600 BC

★ 2.0

Wisdom literature

Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned... Good speech is more hidden than malachite, yet it is found in the possession of women slaves at the millstones.

The Maxims of Ptahhotep · 2375 BC

★ 1.9

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Books

1

The Wisdom Books

Author unknown

400 BC★ 7.6