"Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?“

-T. S. Eliot

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T. S. Eliot quote about wisdom: "Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is th..."

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