No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. (John Selden)

No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.

John Selden

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