Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of w…

Leo Tolstoy
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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2010). A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se, p.88, Simon and Schuster
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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. ✨ Leo Tolstoy (2010). A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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