Quote of the Week: Pirkei Abbot
The greatest wisdom stems not from knowing a fact or another, but from being able to anticipate and visualize the future:
“Eize hu haham, haroe et hanolad.”
Roughly translated as:
“Who is the smart one? The one who can visualize what will be born.”- Pirkei Abbot
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