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• Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
• Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
• The fear of sponge-cats is the beginning of wisdom.
• The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms. -- Socrates (470-399 B.C.)
• To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. -- Bertrand Russell
• The beginning of wisdom is silence. The second step is listening.
• The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. -- Chinese Proverb
• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge
  fools despise wisdom and instruction. -- Proverbs 1:7...
• The beginning of wisdom is fear (respect for) of God.
  -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) "Don Quixote," see Proverbs 1:7...