WisdomThe one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
Bible, Proverbs 12:1, NET
damian entwistleToday's poem:
Ephesus
- by John Newton
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WIST Quotations moves again!A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):
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Endure Reproof when thou doest amiss. Itβs a Benefit which Princes are deprived of; for they converse familiarly with very few Persons, and those make it their only Business to humour, not to advise them.
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https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/73741/
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A quotation from Dante Alighieri:
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O clear and noble conscience, how sharply a little fault stings you!
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https://wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet/63503/
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The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 "Purgatorio," Canto 3, l. 8ff (3.8-9) (1314) [tr. Kline (2002)] - Dante Alighieri | WIST Quotations
O clear and noble conscience, how sharply a little fault stings you! [O dignitosa coscΓ―enza, e netta, come t'Γ¨ picciol fallo amaro morso!] Observing his guide, Virgil, upset over one of his own lapses. (Source (Italian)). Alternate translations: O matchless dignity of stainless thought! Thus bitter seems to you theβ¦