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    commands‚  but a chattering fool comes to ruin. Proverbs 10:10 He who winks maliciously causes grief‚    and a chattering fool comes to ruin. Proverbs 20:19 A gossip betrays a confidence;  so avoid a man who talks too much. Restrain to have wisdom: Proverbs 11:12 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor‚  but a man of understanding holds his tongue. Proverbs 29:11 A fool gives full vent to his

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    that they know what they do not know. They listen to the big and the small with equal attention‚ and try to learn from others‚ by giving equal prominence to everyone. So a modest person is loved by all. A modest person does not try to show his wisdom unless he is asked to do so. He possesses a noble heart. His outlook about life is broad. He is generous in his behavior and simple by nature. Sweetness of his character attracts those who come near him. He is the storehouse of good forces in life

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    Twelfth Night

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    than he is saying explicitly The treatment of Malvolio in this scene brings out the latent cruelty inherent in comedy‚ and offers a darker perspective on Feste’s role. The play’s insistent questioning of categories of madness and sanity‚ or wisdom and folly is also brought to the fore. ‘I am well in my wits than a fool’‚ is Feste’s unpitying retort (lines 88-90). Feste’s disguise as Sir Topas is also significant as a malicious version of the deceits practised elsewhere in the play. The monochrome

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    that is abundantly clear about the book is that economy is at the forefront of the author’s mind. So‚ while numerous accounts of the political developments are available for both pre- and post- independence ages‚ this book does justice to the age old wisdom that economy is the axis on which politics revolves. It is also to be noted that it is not a documentation of facts only and amply puts forth the author’s perspective on the dichotomous

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    Genesis 2: 18-25 Analysis

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    In Genesis 2:18-25 we see the role of a woman as a help mate‚ a suitable companion for man. Man identified the woman as one who was brought out of man and the woman was connected to the man with a womb. The woman as a suitable helper for the man with a womb was created with the ability to receive‚ conceive ‚ incubate‚ nurture and bring man’s vision to multiplicative maturity. God designed woman as one who can multiply generations through a womb designed to bring man’s purpose to reality

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    Character lear and glouceter In Shakespeare’s classic tragedy‚ King Lear‚ the issue of sight and its relevance to clear vision is a recurring theme. Shakespeare’s principal means of portraying this theme is through the characters of Lear and Gloucester.   Emotional Disposition - Gloucester and Lear are both similar in vulnerability; neither can recognise this trait in themselves. Lear thinks that "nature" has to be controlled and commanded‚ where Gloucester fears and mistrusts it. Suffering

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    another’s profit‚ And work another’s gain. Take up the White Man’s burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest The end for others sought‚ Watch sloth and heathen Folly Bring all your hopes to nought. Take up the White Man’s burden-- No tawdry rule of kings‚ But toil of serf and sweeper-- The tale of common things. The ports ye shall not enter‚ The roads ye shall not tread‚ Go mark them with your living

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    the rule of living?"(Inquiry‚ p#237‚ paragraph 10) As Wattles examines it further‚ he comes to the conclusion that while the Golden Rule is good guideline‚ it is no rule to live by. He reasons that while the Golden Rule’s wisdom might be helpful‚ to live exclusively by it is folly‚ as the answer to life cannot be formulated in a mere rule‚ golden or not. Rather‚ to consider this rule found in so many cultures as a jumping off point and elaborate or simplify as the specific situation requires. I was

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    many arguments for this thesis. it’s typical to think that someone can be smart without being agreeable‚ Socrates rejects this and says that wisdom and temperance both have folly as an antonym of itself. If they were truly different they would have their own opposites. As it stands‚ the identity of their opposites indicates that one cannot possess wisdom without temperance and the opposite. Another one of socrates contributions to ancient philosophy was the belief that no one errs willingly.

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    Athena Research Paper 1

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    ATHENA RESEARCH PAPER Athena is the goddess of wisdom and warfare. She is the favorite daughter of Zeus. There are many different versions of how Athena came to be. The most accepted version is that Athena was born a child of Zeus by his first wife‚ Metis‚ a goddess of wisdom. Zeus feared that Metis might bear him a son who was mightier than himself‚ so he swallowed her. According to some stories‚ Zeus had every right to fear this because Mother Earth had prophesied that Metis ’ first child

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