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Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choo

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever

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All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. – John Cheever

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Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. – John Cheever

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How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when theres no help in the truth. – Sophocles

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We cant have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves. – Thomas Aquinas

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In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information. – Anthony J. DAngelo

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Knowledge

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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