Aphorism #159 Put up with Fools.

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Aphorism #159 Put up with Fools.

The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increase impatience of folly. Much knowledge is difficult to satisfy. The first great rule of life, according to Epictetus, is to put up with things: he makes that the moiety of wisdom. To put up with all the varieties of folly would need much patience. We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend: a useful lesson in self-control. Out of patience comes forth peace, the priceless boon which is the happinessof the world. But let him that bath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

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[Nightshade]

So the wise cultivate paticence as well as learning, while the knowledgable see only learning??

Is that the differance between knowledge and wisdom??

[Silv]

Hm..I think what it's trying to say is that when we're wise we have to be tolerant of others who aren't at the same level as we are, because there are certain to be many things that the not-as-wise will notice which remain invisible to us.

Happiness is also at work here..the quote is saying that if we choose to be impatient and pick on other people's flaws, then we will never be able to find true happiness. Even if we stop looking at other people and ignore them, we will begin to find fault with ourselves and thus be unhappy, discontent individuals. ^^