The difference between persons is not in wisdom but in art.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Intellect (1841). copy citation

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Author Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source Intellect
Topic wisdom difference
Date 1841
Language English
Reference in "Essays: First Series"
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“Men say, Where did he get this? and think there was something divine in his life. But no; they have myriads of facts just as good, would they only get a lamp to ransack their attics withal. We are all wise. The difference between persons is not in wisdom but in art. I knew, in an academical club, a person who always deferred to me, who, seeing my whim for writing, fancied that my experiences had somewhat superior; whilst I saw that his experiences were as good as mine.” source