“Knowledge is never in doubt. Wisdom is never certain.” — Dee Hock, Autobiography of a Restless Mind
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“The wise make great use of adversity. The foolish whine about it.” — Dee Hock, Autobiography of a Restless Mind
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“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.” — Francis Bacon, Of Cunning
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“If I ever acquire wisdom I suppose I shall be wise enough to know what to do with it.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge
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“From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.” — W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale
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“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” — Bertrand Russell, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish
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“The fool is a fool, but he is wise when he knows it.” — Alan Sullivan, “Thoughts for the New Year,” Smart Set, January 1913
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“Only fools think they’re wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.” — Charles de Lint, Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night
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“Wisdom, glory, grace, &c., are words frequent enough in every man’s mouth; but if a great many of those who use them should be asked what they mean by them, they would be at a stand, and not know what to answer.” — John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” — Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Questions
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