Charles Spurgeon - Wisdom is the right use of ...

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Charles Spurgeon

British Clergyman

Born: Jun 19, 1834

Died: Jan 31, 1892

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