Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill with…

Henry David Thoreau
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Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated), p.2131, Delphi Classics
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