“ The difference between persons is not in wisdom but in art. ”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Intellect (1841). copy citation
Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Source | Intellect |
Topic | wisdom difference |
Date | 1841 |
Language | English |
Reference | in "Essays: First Series" |
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Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Essays:_First_Series/Intellect |
Context
“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.”
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