Book of Wise Sayings

Book of Wise Sayings, Selected Largely from Eastern Sources, by William Alexander Clouston. Published 1893.

589 (not counting the two on the title page) aphorisms and epigrams encompassing “wisdom.” For example:

Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.–Goethe.

Bookp(h)ile