Michel De MontaigneJudgement can do without knowledge: but not knowledge without judgement.
About This Quote
In order to make good decisions, we need to have a lot of knowledge. However, knowledge without judgement is useless. We need to make good judgement in order to make good decisions because only a good decision will lead to a good outcome. And, knowledge without judgement can lead to bad decisions. Knowledge without judgement is a dangerous place where we make wrong decisions and make the wrong choices.
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