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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

— Edward Young

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.

— Edward Cocker

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

— Sophocles

Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.

— Mary Todd Lincoln

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

— Buddha

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

— Sallust

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

— Samuel Smiles

Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality.

— Michael Leunig

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

— Honore de Balzac

Wisdom sails with wind and time.

— John Florio

✗Opposing Perspectives

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

— Khalil Gibran