8:1–5 Do not think that Wisdom is silent in the face of desire. She calls out boldly, her voice rising above the din. There is nowhere she fears to go.69 Atop distant mountains, on crowded highways, at the crossroads of decision she stands ready to guide you. By the city gates, even at the doorway of destruction she cries out to you: Listen to me! If you are too simple to discern wisdom, at least let me teach you how to avoid evil. If you are wise enough to know better and yet weak enough to succumb