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Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, / Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells / In heads replete with thoughts of other men; / Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own.

Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, / Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells / In heads replete with thoughts of other men; / Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own.

Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern

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William Cowper
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Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)

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