"Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago"

This quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe speaks to the idea that wisdom is timeless. It suggests that smart guys have currently answered concerns that ignorant males are still asking today. This indicates that the responses to many of life's concerns have currently been discovered, and that it depends on us to look for and learn from the wisdom of the past. It also implies that those who are ignorant of the past are doomed to duplicate the very same mistakes and ask the exact same concerns. This quote encourages us to want to the past for responses and to gain from the knowledge of those who have preceded us. It is a suggestion that the responses to much of life's questions have already been found, and that it is up to us to seek out and learn from the knowledge of the past.