Wisdom cannot be inherited – one must discover it for oneself, but only after following a course which no one can follow in your stead; no one can spare you that experience, for wisdom is only a point of view on things.
 Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (1919). copy citation

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Author Marcel Proust
Source In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Topic wisdom experience
Date 1919
Language English
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Note Translated by James Grieve
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