Zeus insures his continued power by swallowing his first consort Metis (counsel or wisdom); by this he prevents the predicted birth of rivals and acquires her attribute of wisdom (Theogony 886 900).
A book signifying knowledge, balances on her lap, and an owl, the attribute of wisdom, is hidden in the folds of her gown.
Lord Patten has told confidantes that he is looking for the attributes of "the wisdom of Aristotle and the striking power of Wayne Rooney" in the next BBC director general, with advertisements for Mark Thompson's successor set to be published.
Denny's best songs are so powerful and so healing – such cathartic outpourings of sorrow and joy – that one can't help but attribute a kind of wisdom to them.
He got rich in spite of it, and remains beloved by everyone who has ever worked with him, something he attributes to a piece of wisdom passed down by his grandfather, Willie Ward: "the power of nice".
Buddhist devotees studied them until they could envision the images during meditation in order to both cleanse the mind and to assume the attributes and wisdom of the beings portrayed.
The shrubs in the garden symbolize the five attributes of Buddha--courtesy, wisdom, humanity, justice, & fidelity.
As I mentally trisected this molecule of wisdom, I attributed three fundamental rules that enhance or bring down every career.
To quote a bit of wisdom widely attributed to the great activist and humanitarian Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends".
But it is something pervasive and instantly recognizable, with most of the images in this pandemic of self-seriousness sharing one thing: portentous quotes attributed to no one; words of wisdom that come from nowhere; mottos that nobody has ever stood by.
