To look at life differently they could not be so bold <br />Some people don't grow wiser they merely grow old <br />They remain as they were and think in the same way <br />And the only change in them is they've grown old and gray <br />Wisdom is a thing that can serve one quite well <br />Though also a thing one cannot buy or sell <br />Financially well to do wise people one might say rare <br />For wisdom will not make you a millionaire <br />That the wise are a minority comes as no surprise <br />for many people grow older but they do not grow wise <br />No fool like an old fool you do hear some say <br />The truth in these words it is living today <br />They remain as they were and think in the same way <br />And they do not grow wiser only grow old and gray.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/some-people-don-t-grow-wiser-they-merely-grow-old/
