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Explore passages mentioning wisdom, wise. Topic suggestions use transparent word matching, not scholarly classification. Editorial meanings and lexical matches are discovery aids, not independent authentication of a quotation.
Meaning: A person intent on continuing a quarrel can keep finding things to say. The saying questions argument sustained for its own sake, without making disagreement, persistence or a request for explanation automatically unreasonable.
Meaning: A person who has lost may want another chance to prove themselves. The fallen wrestler pictures the urge to reverse a disappointing result.
Meaning: The phrase pictures taking the wrong sow by the ear. It gives a mistaken choice or target a concrete, awkward image.
Meaning: Avoid judging a whole period from an incomplete part of it. Waiting until the year ends pictures the value of considering the full course of events.
Meaning: Taking direct responsibility can be useful when you need a task completed and cannot rely on an unclear arrangement. Sometimes acting is more effective than repeatedly waiting.
Meaning: Intense enthusiasm without understanding can become uncontrolled or misdirected action. Let commitment be informed by the situation rather than treating strength of feeling as proof that the chosen approach is sound.