“the greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people”
Geoffrey Chaucer book The Canterbury Tales
The Reeve's Tale, l. 134
The Canterbury Tales
Variant: The gretteste clerkes been noght wisest men.
Source: The Complete Poetry and Prose
“The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research.”
— Stephen King, book 11/22/63
Source: 11/22/63
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