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Denis Mosko:

DM> Why not: "wisdom is power"?
Because it would not work in this joke from Reddit:

   I understood it as "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon".
   For more than a decade I wondered over the meaning of the
   second  part and what was the surreal linkage between the
   two? If I said the quote to someone, "Knowledge is power,
   France  is Bacon" they nodded knowingly. Or someone might
   say, "Knowledge  is  power"  and  I'd  finish  the  quote
   "France  is  Bacon" and they wouldn't look at me like I'd
   said something very odd but thoughtfully agree. I did ask
   a  teacher what did "Knowledge is power, France is bacon"
   mean and got a full 10 minute explanation of  the  Knowl-
   edge  is power bit but nothing on "France is bacon". When
   I prompted further explanation by saying "France  is  Ba-
   con?"  in  a questioning tone I just got a "yes". at 12 I
   didn't have the confidence to press it further.   I  just
   accepted  it as something I'd never understand. It wasn't
   until years later I saw it written down  that  the  penny
   dropped.

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