Wisdom Archives - The Final Paradox

Why Drag About This Corpse of Your Memory?

But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this corpse…

To be fortunate, be not too wise.…

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love…

I had gone to spend a few days in the country at the home of…

Generally people who know little speak a great deal, and people who know a great…

The magnetism which all original action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of…

1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed “Wisdom.”…

I heard one who said: “Verily,
What word have I for children here?
Your Dollar…

There is a flower, the lesser celandine,
That shrinks like many more from cold and…