“If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe.”
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Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.
If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you're not going to want to keep it to yourself. You're going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.