Intelligence without wisdom is nothing more than stupidity that looks smart.

Craig D. Lounsbrough
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I don’t know that I agree with this one. I think wisdom is a combination of experience and knowledge. Wisdom is not something that can be acquired by studying books. Wisdom is something that is developed after you have done it all, or at least most of what you are going to do.

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