In many bookshops in Europe and America, you can find books with titles like "Wisdom of the Orient" or "Eastern Philosophy". Likewise, in China and Japan, you can find books with titles like "Wisdom of Western Philosophy".
What so far seems to be missing is "Wisdom of the North". I try to remedy that with a few words of wisdom from Sweden:
From the world of plants:
På tallrik ätes efterrätt,
men om man tänker efter rätt,
man också tallrik kallar,
den skog som talrik är på tallar.
About animals:
"Far, får får får?"
"Inte får får får! Får får lamm."
From the world of skilled crafts:
Knut knöt en knut. När Knut knutit knuten, var knuten knuten.
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