Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
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Not all acquisitions carry equal weight. Some possessions help you carry everything else better.
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The proverb gives priority to a quality modern life often treats as secondary. Skill, speed, and ambition become dangerous when wisdom is not leading them.
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Its endurance comes from that hierarchy. Wisdom is named not as ornament, but as governing necessity.
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