“Whoever is guided in all things by wisdom, which leads and governs him in all his counsels and actions, is truly happy in everything; but it is remarkable how he says that he was ignorant that she is the mother of all these things, when previously he said that she anticipates those who desire her and shows herself fir…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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12And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them: and I knew not that she was the mother of them.
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10I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.
11All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable riches in her hands.
— Wisdom of Solomon 7:12 —
13I learned diligently, and do communicate her liberally: I do not hide her riches.
14For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts that come from learning.