[Curious Cat (OP)]

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[marklivin]

In my opinion, wisdom is when your philosophy coincides with your actions and does not contradict them.

[Bored chemist]

Wisdom is the state of being wise.
It has the knowledge of how the world works, typically based on experience.

It has nothing to do with religion; some religious individuals may be wise but there's no guarantee.

[alancalverd]

It is knowledge that you put into effect.

Calling a tomato a fruit is knowledge. Eating it with salt rather than cream is wisdom.

[Petrochemicals]

Of understanding

All more or less along the same lines:

Wisdom is knowing what you don't know   -- Based on a Socrates quote, but not how he put it.

“Intelligence is knowing the right answer. Wisdom is knowing when to say it.”  ― Tim Fargo

"To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom" -- Spurgeon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Donald-Rumsfeld-Talking-Doll-Rummy/dp/B0006FUEB4

[Just thinking]

Wisdom is being wise if you are crawling under your house remembering not to stand up. I am a wise guy.

[Zer0]

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ps - Growing Old is a Compulsion, Growing Up is Optional.
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[Just thinking]

This also reminds me of medicine and physiotherapy students
who do physics and advunced math/s instead of biology in HS
to get a high/er score and who then promptly forget all of it!

Yes, they climb a big ladder and destroy the runs on the way up that makes coming down very nasty. It's a little bit like forgetting how one got there.