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Wisdom of Solomon   /wˈɪzdəm əv sˈɑləmən/   Listen
Wisdom of Solomon

noun
1.
An Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC.  Synonym: Wisdom.





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"Wisdom of solomon" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dr. Opimian. Why, sir, I do not call that a misnomer. The term wisdom is used in a parliamentary sense. The wisdom of Parliament is a wisdom sui generis. It is not like any other wisdom. It is not the wisdom of Socrates, nor the wisdom of Solomon. It is the wisdom of Parliament. It is not easily analysed or defined; but it is very easily understood. It has achieved wonderful things by itself, and still more when Science has come to its aid. Between them they have poisoned the Thames, and killed the fish ...
— Gryll Grange • Thomas Love Peacock


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