Book of Wise Sayings

The classic collection from the author of "Popular Tales and Fictions," "Literary Coincidences, and other Papers," "Flowers from a Persian Garden," etc.

"There is wisdom in these pages to last men a lifetime." -Birmingham Daily Gazette

"Is the wisdom of the moderns less favourably seen in the brief and pregnant form of aphorism than the wisdom of the ancients? Mr. W. A. Clouston appears to think so, for this Book of Wise Sayings is chiefly derived from Eastern...
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The classic collection from the author of "Popular Tales and Fictions," "Literary Coincidences, and other Papers," "Flowers from a Persian Garden," etc.

"There is wisdom in these pages to last men a lifetime." -Birmingham Daily Gazette

"Is the wisdom of the moderns less favourably seen in the brief and pregnant form of aphorism than the wisdom of the ancients? Mr. W. A. Clouston appears to think so, for this Book of Wise Sayings is chiefly derived from Eastern sources....Mr. Clouston gleans chiefly from Sanskrit epics, from the Talmud, from the Hitopadesa, from the Persian poets, and from Burton, Quarles, Fuller, and other English worthies." -Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, Volume 75, July 1, 1863

"Mr. W. A. Clouston, the eminent folklorist, has just issued another volume, entitled 'A Book of Wise Sayings' which is largely a selection from Eastern sources, especially Persian and Sanskrit. The sayings are both wise and interesting, and Mr. Clouston has made a good selection." -The Highland Monthly, Volumes 4-5, April, 1892

"In addition to a selection of aphorisms of European origin, ancient and modern, has drawn largely from Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Burmese, and other Oriental sources. Mr. Clouston supplies an introduction and notes." -The Athenaeum, Issues 3402-3426, January 7th, 1893