If this uncertain age in which we dwell
Were really as dark as I hear sages tell,
And I convinced that they were really sages,
I should not curse myself with it to hell.
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"The Lesson for Today" (1942)Robert Frost
O solitude! where are the charms
That sages have seen in thy face?
Better dwell in the midst of alarms
Than reign in this horrible place.William Cowper
Writers differ with respect to the apophthegms of the Seven Sages, attributing the same one to various authors.
Diogenes Laertius
Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that , in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.
Dogen
One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.William Wordsworth
En toutes compagnies il y a plus de folz que de sages, et la plus grande partie surmonte tousjours la meilleure.
Francois Rabelais
Frost, Robert
Froude, James Anthony
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