The Privilege of Wisdom

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Poet at the Breakfast Table
Knowledge is a straightforward word,
we can define as facts, information
and skills acquired through experience
or education; a theoretical
or practical understanding
of a subject. But wisdom
is harder to define.
It has been equated with
sapience and sagacity and defined
as the ability to think and act
using knowledge, experience,
understanding, common sense
and insight. It is the privilege
of wisdom to listen. But
should knowledge set aside arrogance.
it, too, may have the joy of listening.