Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more. - William Cowper

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William Cowper: "Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more."

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Builds	Encumber	Enrich	Fitted
Humble	Knowledge	Knows	Learned
Mass	Materials	Mere	Place
Proud	Rude	Seems	Smoothed
Squared	Till	Unprofitable	Whom
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