It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. – Josh Billings

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But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals. – John Buchanan Robinson

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