Much learning does not teach understanding.

πολυμαθίη νόον οὐ διδάσκει

Heraclitus

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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B40.

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Heraclitus. Fragments, translated by Brooks Haxton. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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A quote by Heraclitus about education vs. wisdom: “Much learning does not teach understanding.”

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One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B12.

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Another quote about Wisdom

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Tennyson

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Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 141.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 141.

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Another quote from the 6th century BC

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

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Job 12:12

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 12:12).

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things-bread and circuses!

Juvenal

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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

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Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.

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Another quote originally in Greek

Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; or as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.