There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof…

Herman Melville
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There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). The Confidence-Man, p.31, Open Road Media
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There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them. ✨ Herman Melville (2016). The Confidence-Man, p.31, Open Road Media

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