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"True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by."
"We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take us or spare us."
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
"The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning: whereas the experience gained from actual life is of the nature of wisdom…."
"My past is my wisdom to use today. . . my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides."
"Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child."
"These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future."
"Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know… One who doesn't try cannot fail and become wise."
"Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being…."
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship."
"Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use."
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