"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions." ― Oliver Wendell Holmes Topic(s): Wisdom More From Oliver Wendell Holmes "Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust." "I don’t generally feel anything until noon, then it’s time for my nap." "It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure." More In Wisdom "Central banks don’t have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis."― Mary Kay Ash "The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom."― Stephen Gardiner "Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you."― Joey Adams