Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
Interpretation
Curiosity is common, but true wisdom comes from seeking deeper understanding through questions.
This quote reflects the importance of active inquiry versus passive curiosity. While anyone can feel wonder, it takes wisdom to engage thoughtfully and seek answers by asking questions, illustrating a key difference in how the knowledgeable approach learning and understanding the world around them.
In practice
A teacher might use this quote to inspire students to ask more questions during discussions.
Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.
No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.
That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise,_x000D_ _x000D_ He who defers this work from day to day,_x000D_ _x000D_ Does on a river's bank expecting stay,_x000D_ _x000D_ Till the whole stream, which stopped him, should be gone,_x000D_ _x000D_ That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.
To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.
Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself.
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