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= Definition: = A cognitive characteristic that includes accumulated knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge to practical problems of living, popularly thought to be more commonly found in older adults. HGD Chapter 17 p.454

= Examples: = Factual knowledge media type="custom" key="23571704" =**Quotations**= "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers" [Alfred, Lord Tennyson //Locksley Hall//] "Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means" [Francis Hutcheson //Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas// //of Beauty and Virtue//] "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook" [William James //Principles of Psychology//] "Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so" [Lord Chesterfield] "wise enough to play the fool" [William Shakespeare //Twelfth Night//] "The price of wisdom is above rubies" //Bible: Job//
 * Procedural knowledge
 * Understanding relevance of context
 * Understanding relevance of values
 * Recognition that is impossible to know in advance how any decision will ultimately affect one's life
 * Wisdom is gained by learning from experiences in one's lifetime.
 * Everyone has some sort of wisdom, depending on what they have experienced. Even young people.

= Analogies: = Wisdom is like knowledge. The older you get the more you get. It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." **--** Sam Levenson (American humorist & author, 1911-1980)

= Mnemonics: = Wise Wisdom Wisdom is knowledge.

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