Famous quote by Rabindranath Tagore

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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young
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"Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young"

- Rabindranath Tagore

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This quote by Rabindranath Tagore speaks with the concept that age and wisdom are not always connected. Gray hairs are typically seen as a sign of wisdom, however Tagore suggests that this is not always the case. He indicates that if one speaks, then the gray hairs are simply as meaningless as they are in the young. Simply put, wisdom is not necessarily acquired with age, however rather with the ability to think and speak carefully. Tagore is suggesting that knowledge is not something that is gained with age, however rather something that is made through experience and knowledge. He is saying that age does not immediately bring knowledge, however rather that wisdom is something that must be looked for and cultivated. This quote is a suggestion that wisdom is not something that is gotten with age, however rather something that is earned through experience and knowledge.

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Rabindranath Tagore This quote is written / told by Rabindranath Tagore between May 6, 1861 and August 7, 1941. He was a famous Poet from India. The author also have 44 other quotes.

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