{Wisdom on Wisdom [continued (6)]}[12th April 1991]

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*‘If in this life wealth is a desirable possession,

what is more wealthy than Wisdom whose work is everywhere?

Or if it be the intellect that is at work,

who, more than she, designs whatever exists?

Or if it be uprightness you love,

why, virtues are the fruit of her labours,

since **it is she who teaches temperance and prudence,

justice and fortitude;**

nothing in life is more useful for human beings.

Or if you are eager for wide experience, she knows the past,

she forecasts the future;

she knows how to turn maxims, to solve riddles;

she has foreknowledge of signs and wonders,

and of the unfolding of the ages and the times.’

***

*(immediately following 8.4 in [last previous ts entry but one] above)

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|**[See 2^nd para of last previous ts entry]

**** – ibid [Wisdom (New Jerusalem Bible)] 8.5-8

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