When everything seems to be set to show me off as intelligent, the foo…

Pablo Neruda
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When everything seems to be set to show me off as intelligent, the fool I always keep hidden takes over all that I say. ✨ Pablo Neruda (2015). I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems, p.165, Macmillan
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When everything seems to be set to show me off as intelligent, the fool I always keep hidden takes over all that I say. ✨ Pablo Neruda (2015). I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems, p.165, Macmillan

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