Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources

by William Alexander Clouston

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Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1893

About the author

1843–1896

Reviews

[peyMAN · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is very well organized, readable book. It contains very deep and philosophical saying from old Persia that was fascinating for me.

[Joyceline MK · Rating 3 out of 5]

“A man who has learnt little grows old like an ox: his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow”

Dhammapada.

“Choose knowledge, if thou desirest a blessing from the Universal Provider; for the ignorant man cannot raise himself above the earth, and it is by knowledge that thou must render thy soul praiseworthy.”

Firdausī

[Julius Palmero · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book of not so wise sayings

[Ralph Wechuli · Rating 4 out of 5]

My fav:
"a fool thrashing a philosopher should be of no wonder, for a bare stone can ordinarily break a jewel."
Hitopadesa.

[Marta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Neat little arrangement of wise sayings, you get what you pay for pretty much

[rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book.

[Thulsy · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's basically a book filled with quotes after quotes. If you really want to appreciate the book, you will have to do the pondering.

[Preston Lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

As of this writing, the Kindle version is filled with triple question mark character sequences ("???") that occur so frequently as to make the book annoyingly unreadable. This is not a issue with the content per se, but until someone does a serious edit to address these quality issues, the book should be taken out of the catalog. I rarely, RARELY have to put a book down once I've started it, but couldn't even get through the 5th page of this edition due to this recurring defect.

[Bri · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is useful only as a study in the values of the Victorian Era. Originally published in 1893, there are lots of gems about how a woman's value is in being a beautiful and dutiful wife. (Like, "A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.") Also, all kinds of comments on modesty and how poverty is a fault of character. Ah, those good ol' Victorians.

[Kimberly Ehmann-nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of the sayings go way way back....(around the time of Plato)... Some where interesting, others not so much...but there were those that made you think.