“Who is wise? One who sees what is born” (- the consequences of his actions.) - Talmud.
So here you have it, wisdom is seeing. Notice that the Talmud does not say: one who understands that which will be born, because we all do. That’s not wisdom. Wisdom is when the future can be seen - the future is the reality in the present.
The wise will never do something for a moment’s pleasure. For in the moment he sees the future and feels the emptiness of fleeing pleasure.
Perhaps that’s why he spends so much time studying.
(Based on Leku”s Achrei 17 Sicha 1 )
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