Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; Wise Sentences and Witty Sayings, Ancient and Modern, Foreign and British, Volume 1

There is an adage, "There is nothing new under the sun." This book reminds us that human wisdom has been around a long time even though it had a different voice. I liked Dr. Fuller's "Truth loves to go naked."

This is one of the sources for many of Ben Franklin's aphorisms. It is remarkable to re-learn that the wise men of the past we so good at assimilating past work into their own voices. In fact, in their day, people such as Franklin were proud of the heritage of their thinking and writings.

Ho, therein that much were caste entire. Tis all but lost before the comings found!