«THE PROFOUND ARE STRENGTHENED BY WISDOM»…
Wisdom, knowledge and good counsel were held extremely important since the remotest times.
Deep-counselled and deep-spoken — the profound sages knowing the deep and hidden counsel have with their wisdom and intelligence spread the Light of Wisdom from age to age — following the precept «A son who is instructed shall be wise» («The profound are strengthened by wisdom»).
The wise and weighed word and counsel were held so important that Khikar the Wise — already millennia ago, counselled to voice the word, the thought only after pondering it many times in the heart, in the mind, so that later, in case of changing the «empty word», one would not deserve mockery, for it is better (preferable) to commit a fault with the body than — with the word…
«My son, ponder the words in thy heart and then bring them forth, for if thou changest the words, thou becomest a mockery:
And do not bring forth an empty word from thy mouth, until thou hast pondered many times in thy heart, for better is a fault of the body than the faults of the tongue» (the counsel in Grabar — from Artashes Martirosyan’s book «History and counsels of Khikar the Wise», Yerevan, 1972):
