Book of Wisdom

This anthology of world wisdom unites a precious part of humanity's intellectual heritage — aphorisms, maxims, samples of elegant literature, commandments, pearls of philosophical treatises, and inspiring poetic lines. You will witness the fascinating timeless debate between enthusiastic romantics and wise philosophers, ascetics — with lovers of earthly joys, great optimists — with die-hard pessimists. Different views of the world and humanity's place in it meet and argue with each other here, and instead of weapons in this arena — a precise and sharp word. Only the reader can judge who will emerge victorious in the battle of eternal truths and great minds, but sometimes the most irreconcilable ideas on the pages of this book converge, becoming part of the grand and unfathomable picture of existence, painted by life itself. One of the features of our anthology is the unique illustrations, where the wisdom and beauty of the Word are revealed through masterpieces of world painting from the collections of the largest museums in the world.