A sweet content Passing all wisdom or its fairest flower.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Simple satisfaction is more valuable than complex wisdom or its external beauty.
- In plain terms
- Simple happiness is better than deep wisdom.
- What can you take from it?
- Value contentment over complex knowledge.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is happiness better than knowledge?
- What is true contentment?
Another view
Wisdom often helps find genuine contentment.
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