“The wise know the worth of money, but the rich do not know the worth of knowledge.”

— Al-Biruni · Wisdom quote

The wise know the worth of money, but the rich do not know the worth of knowledge. — Al-Biruni quote card
Scholar and astronomer · 973 – 1048

Persian scholar of the Islamic Golden Age: astronomer, mathematician and one of the first anthropologists to study India.

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