He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who w… - Alfred the Great

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He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.

Alfred the Great

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Ælfrēd or Alfred the Great (849–26 October 899), king of Wessex from 871 to 899, was responsible for turning back the Danish invasion of Wessex and for promoting a revival of education, scholarship, law and administration. His translations of theological and philosophical works into Old English are sometimes said to have laid the foundations of English prose.

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Native Name: Ælfrēd Micela

Alternative Names: Alfred the Wise • Alfred the Great of Wessex • Alfred • King Alfred • Aelfred • King Aelfred • Aelfred of Wessex • Aelfred, king of Wessex • King Aelfred of Wessex • Aelfred the Great • King Aelfred the Great • Aelfred the Great, king of Wessex • Aelfred the Great of Wessex • King Alfred of Wessex • King Alfred of England • Alfred, king of England • Alfred, king of Wessex • Alfred of Wessex • Alfred of England • King Alfred the Wise • Alfred the Wise, king of Wessex • Alfred the Wise, king of England • Alfred the Wise of Wessex • Alfred the Wise of England • Alfred, king of the English • Alfred, king of the Saxons • Alfred the Great, king of the English • Alfred the Great, king of the Saxons

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Doom very evenly! Do not doom one doom to the rich; another to the poor! Nor doom one doom to your friend; another to your foe!

Geðenc hwelc witu us ða becomon for ðisse worulde, ða ða we hit nohwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon ne eac oðrum monnum ne lefdon!

Þæt is nū hraðost to seċġenne þæt iċ wilnode weorðfullīċe to libbenne þā hwīle þe iċ lifde, and æfter mīnum līfe þām mannum tō lǣfanne þe æfter mē wǣren mīn ġemynd on gōdum weorcum.

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