Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and fi…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before, Bokonon tells us. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 124), 1963.
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before, Bokonon tells us. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. ✨ Cat's Cradle. Book by Kurt Vonnegut (Chapter 124), 1963.

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