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“I am astonished at this arrogance of yours, since through God’s authority and my own you have enjoyed the office and status of wise men, yet you have neglected the study and application of wisdom. For this reason, I command you either to relinquish immediately the offices of worldly power that you posses, or else to apply yourselves much more attentively to the pursuit of wisdom.”
― Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
― Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
“Wyrd bið ful āræd.”
― War of the Wolf
― War of the Wolf
“For he was a gentle heart and a great king and kept his oaths; and he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning.”
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“The unwise man is awake all night,
and ponders everything over;
when morning comes he is weary in mind,
and all is a burden as ever.”
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and ponders everything over;
when morning comes he is weary in mind,
and all is a burden as ever.”
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