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Full Idea
One ought not to use one's wisdom to become clever!
Gist of Idea
Don't use wisdom in order to become clever!
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 308)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak) (v 5)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.191
A Reaction
And I would add 'don't think that being clever makes you wise'. Nietzsche, as always, is subtler than me (which is why I read him a lot). Presumably wisdom is broad, and cleverness is focused. Will becoming clever spoil someone's wisdom?