The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Over-Soul (1841). copy citation

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Author Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source The Over-Soul
Topic wisdom monopoly
Date 1841
Language English
Reference in "Essays: First Series"
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“The mind is one, and the best minds, who love truth for its own sake, think much less of property in truth. They accept it thankfully everywhere, and do not label or stamp it with any man's name, for it is theirs long beforehand, and from eternity. The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly. We owe many valuable observations to people who are not very acute or profound, and who say the thing without effort, which we want and have long been hunting in vain.” source