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title: "4 Wisdom Waiting Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Melville's example demonstrates the wisdom of waiting to read the classics. Coming to a great book on your own after having accumulated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-philbrick/melville-s-example-demonstrates-the-wisdom-of-waiting-to-read-the/)

[Nathaniel Philbrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-philbrick/)

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> [Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-nepo/each-of-us-carries-some-wisdom-waiting-to-be-discovered-at-the-center/)

[Mark Nepo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-nepo/)

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> [The Dutch and the English, former competitors for world dominance, taught me the wisdom of waiting as well as withholding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-tillman/the-dutch-and-the-english-former-competitors-for-world-dominance/)

[Lynne Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-tillman/)

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> [Full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/full-oft-we-see-cold-wisdom-waiting-on-superfluous-folly/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/william-shakespeare-4_cold_full-oft-we-see-cold-wisdom-waiting-on-s_3053238.jpg)

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