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Knowledge and Wisdom A poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson once said, “ Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.” In never heard of him or his saying, but I do not totally agree with what he said. I believe you have to understand what the words actually mean first. Knowledge means a range of information or understanding. While wisdom means the quality of being wise: good judgment. It also means learning knowledge, so I wonder what Lord Tennyson meant …

…as a whole to have the power to understand. Who is right I guess we will have to use our knowledge of the subject, so our wisdom could linger on and find out who is right! To sum it all up in a nutshell is that knowledge is wisdom and vice reverse. If wisdom is knowledge shouldn’t both linger on together. Last, but not least I say, ”When you get knowledge you gain wisdom.”