The expression that “A word to the wise is enough” dates way back to the year 191 BC where the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC – 184 BC) used the Latin version of it: “Verbum sat sapienti” in his play entitled “Pseudolus”.
Various renderings of this saying can be found in many languages today. A similar statement was made by the wise King Solomon who lived about eight centuries before Titus Maccius Plautus.
“A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.” (Proverbs 17:10)
The wise and discerning in heart are quick to pick up lessons of life even from the slightest pointers. They need not be given lengthy lectures because just a prompt is all they need to adjust their ways and fall in line.
Such people can read between the lines and unpack the hidden messages in the circumstances around them. They are quick to notice alerts and warnings and promptly take cover. The fool, on the other hand, will always enroll in the school of hard knocks, and lashes shall never cease from their back. They progress slowly or not at all because they always wait to learn from their own bitter experiences in life.
May our hearts be filled with divine wisdom for a successful life!
Remain inspired!
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