Mr Wisdom, ' said the girl who had led him into the presence.' Ah, ' said Howard Saxby, and there was a pause of perhaps three minutes, during which his needles clicked busily. 'Wisdom, did she say?'' Yes. I wrote "Cocktail Time"''You couldn't have done better, ' said Mr Saxby cordially. 'How's your wife, Mr Wisdom?'Cosmo said he had no wife.' Surely?'" I'm a bachelor.' Then Wordsworth was wrong. He said you were married to immortal verse. Excuse me a moment, ' murmured Mr Saxby, applying himself to the sock again. 'I'm just turning the heel. Do you knit?'' No.'' Sleep does. It knits the ravelled sleave of care.'( After a period of engrossed knitting, Cosmo coughs loudly to draw attention to his presence.)' Goodness, you made me jump! ' he (Saxby) said. 'Who are you?'' My name, as I have already told you, is Wisdom''How did you get in?' asked Mr Saxby with a show of interest.' I was shown in.'' And stayed in. I see, Tennyson was right. Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers. Take a chair.'' I have.'' Take another, ' said Mr Saxby hospitably. . P.g. Wodehouse
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Wisdom is something that comes, but lingers. It is the ability to think deeply about issues and come to sensible decisions. Everything you need to know, you can find out in a library or online. However, wisdom can be found in many places.

Wisdom is something that comes, but lingers. It is the ability to think deeply about issues and come to sensible decisions. Sometimes it can be found in your car by reading your favorite magazine, sometimes it can be found at home by watching TV or reading a book, or maybe it's found at work by talking with other people about company news.

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