“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. ”
“The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. ”
“Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.”
“Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.”
“I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.”
“I know I am wise. [But] I’m not the beginning and end of wisdom.”