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2374EMichel de MontaigneWe can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
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2183ESam LevensonIt's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
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3475EImmanuel KantScience is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
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4184EEmil CioranWe smile, because no answer is conceivable, because the answer would be even more meaningless than the question.
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Wisdom
4515EReinhold NiebuhrGrant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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4235EJoseph JoubertTo seek wisdom rather than truth. It is more within our grasp.
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7757EWilliam James The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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4522ENaguib MahfouzYou can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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9863EGregory BatesonWisdom is the intelligence of the system as a whole.
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4298EGeorge Bernard ShawMen are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
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2668EAlbert EinsteinNot everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
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4242EJoseph JoubertWisdom is the strength of the weak.
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2475EPhilip Stanhope (Lord Chesterfield)Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
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Wisdom