Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no… - William Cowper

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Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion, Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

William Cowper

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William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist.

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Also Known As: Bard of Olney

Alternative Names: Cowper, William • Cowper William

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Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

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Reiterated as the wheel of time,
Runs round; still ending, and beginning still.

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

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