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title: "9 Wisdom Brings Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/how-terrible-is-wisdom-when-it-brings-no-profit-to-the-wise/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/how-terrible-is-wisdom-when-it-brings-no-profit-to-the-man-that-s-wise/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> [We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josef-skvorecky/we-may-think-we-live-for-wisdom-but-in-fact-we-re-living-for-the-the/)

[Josef Skvorecky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josef-skvorecky/)

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> [“All is best, though we oft doubt, what the unsearchable dispose, of highest wisdom brings about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/all-is-best-though-we-oft-doubt-what-the-unsearchable-dispose-of/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [“Chastisement for errors past Wisdom brings to age at last.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/chastisement-for-errors-past-wisdom-brings-to-age-at-last/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> [“Intelligence brings light to your mind, understanding brings light to your heart, and wisdom brings light to your soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/intelligence-brings-light-to-your-mind-understanding-brings-light-to/)

[Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/)

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> [“Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise! This I knew well, but had forgotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/alas-how-terrible-is-wisdom-when-it-brings-no-profit-to-the-man-that/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> [“TEIRESIAS: Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise! This I knew well, but had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/teiresias-alas-how-terrible-is-wisdom-when-it-brings-no-profit-to-the/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> [Much has been said of the loneliness of wisdom, and how much the Truth seeker becomes a pilgrim wandering from star to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manly-hall/much-has-been-said-of-the-loneliness-of-wisdom-and-how-much-the-truth/)

[Manly Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manly-hall/)

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