If knowledge isn't self-knowledge it isn't doing much, mate. Is the un…

Tom Stoppard
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If knowledge isn't self-knowledge it isn't doing much, mate. Is the universe expanding? Is it contracting? Is it standing on one leg and singing 'When Father Painted the Parlour'? Leave me out. I can expand my universe without you. 'She walks into beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies, and all that's best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes. ✨ Tom Stoppard (1999). Tom Stoppard: plays
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