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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes 
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Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich Nietzsche 
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A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
Herb Caen 
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