“He who accepts the doctrines of wisdom, sometimes, in addition to the first doctrines because of which he is already wise, takes up second doctrines in reference to which he was not formerly wise, and [then] he will be wiser, just as also it is said, "For when a wise man has heard these things, he will be wiser."”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32:172
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5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
— Proverbs 1:5 —
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.