Wisdom: Fishing For Men Catch-22

Knowing of evil and doing evil are two different things                                                                                       Knowledge applied with the right judgment is wisdom                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Cutting teeth on forbidden fruit is one thing                                                                                                                          transiently eating from the same tree                                                                                                                                      Ignorance of the law is no excuse                                                                                                                                                 nor is the knowledge of the law                                                                                                                                          It will not make you any wiser or                                                                                                                                            add another day to your life                                                                                                                                                  wisdom of this world is foolishness to God                                                                                                                                catching men in their own craftiness                                                                                                                                         be not wise in your own eyes                                                                                                                                                no man can keep his own soul alive                                                                                      Hold that in mind as long as you can
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