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The nice thing about growing older is growing wiser, of course, but sometimes we’re disappointed\u00a0to learn that our epiphanies are not original.<\/p>\n

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“The more I learn the more I learn how little I know.” — Dave Williams, c. 2002<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When I had that revelation I figured I was a genius. I thought it belonged in a book of quotations!<\/p>\n

Every time I have thunk a great thought I soon\u00a0learned that many other people with brains mightier than mine had the same thought long before me and they usually phrased it better.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe more you know, the more you know you don’t know.\u201d – Aristotle, 350 B.C.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Socrates, who taught Plato who taught Aristotle. See how this works?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I still think we should take credit for our great thoughts. When an idea first occurs\u00a0to us it marks our arrival at a new mile post in our life’s journey.<\/p>\n

That’s significant no matter who arrived there\u00a0first.<\/p>\n

I’ve decided to honor my special friends and family members by noting the wise things they’ve told me that made a lasting impression, regardless of whether it was original\u00a0to them or whether they heard or read it somewhere.<\/p>\n

We are, after all, a combination of our life experiences and all the people we’ve loved and admired along the way.<\/p>\n

In that spirit I will start here, with my dear friend and former colleague, Dave Grosby,<\/strong> who told me this when we were both young and single, shortly after my divorce in 1981.<\/p>\n

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I don’t remember where we were when Groz said this to me. I’m sure we were drinking hard and laughing our asses off. That’s how we rolled in the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

But you know what? I never forgot it and it did guide me through seven years of my life as a newly single man.<\/p>\n

Eventually this sage advice led me to Carolann, the love of my life, who treats waiters, babies and stray dogs with the same respect and dignity she still gives me.<\/p>\n

Love you, Groz.<\/p>\n

— Dave Williams, March 11, 2017<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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