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- Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. — William Cowper
- Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. — George Bernard Shaw
- The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. — William Cowper
- Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. — William Cowper
- The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl. — William Cowper