Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Calvin Coolidge Quote
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
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