Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Wisdom interests me.

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool - shun him.

He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child - teach him.

He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep - wake him.

He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a wise man - follow him.

There are a lot of slightly different versions of this and it's attributed to Greeks, Persians, even an Englishman(Richard Burton) in some places, but this is the one I was fascinated with when I was an eighth grader on the third floor of West View High School. I must have been some kind of geek and wondering if I was smart, uhhh, wise, or maybe asleep.

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