We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to th…

Charles Caleb Colton
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We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
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