"Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words."
-Proverb 23:9
After years of reading good books you may begin to see the foolishness of others (*cough* like Americans voting for a convicted felon *cough* *cough*). You can't share most of what you know with the majority of the people that you meet. If they're not fools then they don't care and you're not actually that important.
What is there to do?
You can write a blog *cough*, write in a journal, or focus on your relationships until people start opening up to you and seeking your council. The late Theodore Roosevelt said "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care" and it certainly is true here. Before people know that you care, there's no point in trying to "teach" them anything.
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