Loved the quote from today’s
word a day:
“A man
should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,
in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. -Alexander Pope,
poet (1688-1744)”.
Now
I don’t remember the last time that I was wrong… but I know as well as I know
that the sun comes up in the East and goes down in the West, that I have been
wrong many a time in my life. Glad to learn that at least I am wiser today than
yesterday, although it is probably not at all relative to my total wisdom.
Never
mind “wise”. I am still working on that
and what is “wise”?
If
one looks in a dictionary it runs from possessing discernment, to being
erudite, to being “in the know”. Wisdom as a substantive takes on a more
biblical meaning: however, in lay terms it can also be defined as the judicious
use of knowledge.
If
one possesses wisdom, is one wise? Can one be wise without possessing wisdom?
Wonder
what Alexander Pope would have had to say to that? Guess that – when I have
time (not any day soon) – I should explore these thoughts, if nothing more than
for my own knowledge.
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