The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he …

Thomas Jefferson
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The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1941). The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Jefferson Bible, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth,
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