"Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use.
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“Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it.”
“No throne exists that has a right to exist, and no symbol of it, flying from any flagstaff, is righteously entitled to wear any device but the skull and crossbones of that kindred industry which differs from royalty only businesswise-merely as retail differs from wholesale.”
“His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there's scarcely a hole in it anywhere.”
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“The merit of painting lies in the exactness of reproduction. Painting is a science and all sciences are based on mathematics. No human inquiry can be a science unless it pursues its path through mathematical exposition and demonstration.”
“Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of knowledge, if not elaborated by our own thoughts, is worth much less than a far smaller volume that has been abundantly and repeatedly thought over.”
“Knowledge exists to be imparted.”
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“The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men---as well as his great moments of grand harmony---a rare accident even in us! A sort of planetary motion---”
“One cannot learn so well as by experiencing it oneself.”
“We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”