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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.
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- David Starr Jordan
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 30; printed byline: David Starr Jordan; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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