Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he kn…

Thomas Jefferson
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Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he knows nothing but what has passed under his own eyes. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1941). The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Jefferson Bible, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth,
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