Like night and day, or war and peace, wisdom and folly are diametric opposites. This polarity, overlaid with a stirring cadence, enlivens the Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament Bible.

Credited for the most part to a phenomenally insightful king, Solomon’s signature advice implores the simple to gain wisdom, which is easier said than done. Occasionally, affinity for Solomon’s words of wisdom dissipates, in light of startling excerpts like “Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

” Across thirty-one arcane chapters, a sublime treasure hunt in a dense thicket yielded this book’s curated deck of 275 proverbs. Looking back objectively three millennia after King Solomon’s reign, is mankind comparably wiser? Your guess is as good as any.

Rebooting an ancient use case, how satisfactorily does an algorithmic tool decrypt Solomon’s aphorisms? And how perceptive are today’s attention-starved teens?At their best, proverbs unmask character flaws and invigorate human psychology. Intended for all age groups, and at a bargain-basement price, Proverbs Without Borders guarantees an easily digestible read plus self-reflection minus a shrink.

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