Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Calvin Coolidge
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The wisdom that comes with age is more of a process than an end result. It's like knowledge, which is more of a product than an experience. A child will think they're wise because they know the answers to life's questions. They can answer your queries about life out of thin air, but it doesn't mean they have any real wisdom. Wisdom does not come with age, but with experience and maturity. It's not about knowing the answers instead it's about being able to ask the right questions at the right time in order to arrive at the right answers.

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