第43章 A Man of Knowledge to the Point.

Wise men arm themselves with tasteful and elegant erudition:a practical knowledge of what is going on,not of a common kind but more like an expert.They possess a copious store of wise and witty sayings,and of noble deeds,and know how to employ them on fitting occasions.More is often taught by a jest than by the most serious teaching.Pat knowledge helps some more than the seven arts,be they ever so liberal.