Mivchar HaPeninim
Translated by English translation by B.H. Ascher A Choice of Pearls
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Chapter 1
1. THE sage says, Wisdom is the means by which the wise thoroughly evince their gratitude towards their Creator; by which they become his true worshippers during life, and obtain a good name after death.
2. Nothing, says he, tends so greatly to render the intellect acute as instruction and wisdom; nor is anything more calculated to manifest true knowledge, than good conduct.
3. The questions of the wise are indicative of wisdom; affability towards mankind denotes intellect; and economy is equivalent to half a subsistence.
4. Who is the most fitted to rule? The wise man who has succeeded to power or dominion, or the king searching after wisdom.
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