• It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes
  American writer and poet 1809-1894
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. knowledge
2. privilege
3. wisdom
4. listen

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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. by : Oliver Wendell Holmes

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