How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
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Didymus the Blind
AD 398
As gold is better than silver, so wisdom is superior to prudence. The former pertains to knowledge, the latter to the interpretation of what is hidden. Either you can interpret the nests of wisdom as the churches or as the dwelling places of the holy ones in heaven. But wisdom itself is Christ. Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, Fragment
