“ for fools do not love Wisdom; they are foolish, first of all, because they have never loved Wisdom,—but have loved their own appetites, ambitions, their coroneted coaches, tankards of heavy- wet. ”
Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (1843). copy citation
| Author | Thomas Carlyle |
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| Source | Past and Present |
| Topic | wisdom ambition |
| Date | 1843 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/13534/pg13534-images.html |
Context
“for the wise love Wisdom, and will search for it as for life and salvation. If you have little Wisdom, you will get even that little ill-collected, trampled under foot, reduced as near as possible to annihilation; for fools do not love Wisdom; they are foolish, first of all, because they have never loved Wisdom,—but have loved their own appetites, ambitions, their coroneted coaches, tankards of heavy- wet. Thus is your candle lighted at both ends, and the progress towards consummation is swift. Thus is fulfilled that saying in the Gospel: To him that hath shall be given; and from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.”
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