Word: wisdoms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Laotians had known all along that it would be that way. After all, Kou had always done things together with his brother Nhouy, who is 16 years younger. Kou, whom Laotians call "the personification of wisdom," plodded his way through a technical education in France, eventually became president of the Laotian Royal Council. Brother Nhouy, whom Laotians call "the quintessence of culture," an honors graduate from the Sorbonne, was the more worldly and efficient one. While gentle Kou kept to his high-collared tunics and the quiet ways of an old-school nobleman, Nhouy cultivated a taste for wine, women...
...best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...
...ambiguous image. It represents wisdom, but also "the bird of darkness. You never hear an owl when it takes off to attack...
...analyze or propose solutions. The late Joyce Gary was no sociologist, no judge; he was a superb storyteller, and his portrait of misbehaving youngsters in this 1940 novel (published in the U.S. for the first time) is both sympathetic and accurate. If it lacks the weight and ironic wisdom of some of his later work (The Horse's Mouth, Herself Surprised), it nevertheless shows the famous Gary virtues: a clear and economical style, a sharp wit, and a joy in human existence...
...Wisdom of the West, by Bertrand Russell. The peppery old sage pulls off a prodigious feat of analysis, narrative and condensation by fitting a history of Western philosophy into 320 pages...