Learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose

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Topic

Learning Wisdom

Speaker

William

Author

Umberto Eco

Source

The Name of the Rose

Medium

Novel

Language

Italian

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Eco, Umberto. Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose]. Bompiani, 1980.

Current Citation

Eco, Humberto. The Name of the Rose, translated by William Weaver. HarperVia, 2014.

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Another quote from the 1980s

Don't gain the world and lose your soul,
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.

Bob Marley

Zion Train

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Topic
Wisdom Love of money
Speaker
Bob Marley
Source
Zion Train Uprising
Medium
Song
Genre
Reggae music
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1980 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Marley, Bob. "Zion Train." Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Uprising. Tuff Gong/Island Records, 1980.

Another quote about Wisdom

Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

William Blake

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Topic
The human condition Wisdom Happiness Sadness

Author

William Blake
Source
Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote originally in Italian

As always, victory will have a hundred fathers, but defeat will never be acknowledged by anyone at all.

Galeazzo Ciano

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Topic
Taking credit Winning and losing Winning Losing

Author

Galeazzo Ciano
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Italian
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ciano, Galeazzo. Diary entry. 9 Sept. 1942.