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John Milton on Wisdom

1608–1674 England

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But to know
That which before us lies in daily life,
Is the prime wisdom.

What in me is dark, Illumine, what is low, raise and support.

Socrates * * *
Whom, well inspir'd, the oracle pronounc'd
Wisest of men.

Paradise Regained (1671)

Though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps
At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity
Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill
Where no ill seems.

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