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Quote by Calvin Coolidge
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to st

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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