MAN’S BEST ASSET
Josh Billings once said something to the effect that Experience was a good thing, but tha't smart man would let the other fellow get bit by the rattlesnake while he took 'the .experience. Wisdom doubtless is excellent. But the trouble with it is that usually it is accumulated only after a long life, and by that time it’s of not much us,e. The time for Wisdom is when you’re young. Then you can utilise it to promote your success and ensure you happiness. The first thing the young person wants to do is to decide that he wants Wisdom, that he prefers being Wise to being a fool. There are two sources from which he can get Wisdom, from books, and from 'those who are old and wise. Yorotomo was one of Japan’s most illustrous thinkers. He was the founder of the first dynasty of Shoguns, and ranked as one of the three greatest statesmen his country ever produced. 1-Ie lived seven hundred years ago, but his teachings are ever green. He said that Common Sense is made up of various ingredients, of which five are reason ,moderation, penetration, Consistency, and Wisdom.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1691, 26 November 1925, Page 2
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195MAN’S BEST ASSET Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1691, 26 November 1925, Page 2
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