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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Lord Chesterfield 
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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
David Starr Jordan
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James
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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
Charles Dickens
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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Doug Larson
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