“No one knows everything. The learned are few. There is no guarantee that the smart bring wisdom. Knowledge is not available for all.”
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Ali al-Rida (770–818) eighth of the Twelve Imams
Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.2, p. 124.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book VI, Winter Walk at Noon, Line 92.
Context: Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass,
The mere materials with which wisdom builds,
Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place,
Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
Tony Abbott (1957) Australian politician
Liberal Party Campaign launch, 12/08/2013 ( "Tony Abbott declares 'no one can be a suppository of all wisdom'" http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/tony-abbott-declares-8216no-one-can-be-a-suppository-of-all-wisdom8217/story-fnho52ip-1226695541167#ixzz2dV4byg55). <br class="br">A linguistic mix up/gaffe, confusing "suppository" with "repository" <br class="br">2013
“Knowledge ceases to be wisdom when one has no method for making sense or use of what one learns.”
Michael Moorcock (1939) English writer, editor, critic
Source: Book 2, Chapter 7 (p. 591), The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist
The Fourfold Treasure (1871) No. 991 http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0991.htm
David Benatar (1966) South African philosopher
Source: Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (2006), Introduction, p. 6