Much learning does not teach understanding.

πολυμαθίη νόον οὐ διδάσκει

Heraclitus

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Education vs. wisdom Education Wisdom

Author

Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

From

Turkey Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B40.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments, translated by Brooks Haxton. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

Heraclitus

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The only constant is change Change Rivers

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Heraclitus
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B12.

Another quote about Wisdom

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Knowledge Wisdom

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Alfred Tennyson
Source
Locksley Hall Poems
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1842 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 141.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 141.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1st Kings 19:11-12

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Nature of God God
Source
1st Kings The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 19:11-12).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

My beloved is mine, and I am his.

Song of Solomon 2:16

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Devotion Love Relationships
Source
Song of Solomon The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 2:16).

Another quote originally in Greek

Among all men on Earth, bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the Muse has taught them songs, and loves the race of bards.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Poets Poetry Stories
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Odysseus

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 9th century BC
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 8, l. 479-481

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 8, l. 479-481.