A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge …

Louis L'Amour
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A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time. ✨ Louis L'Amour (2008). Education of a Wandering Man, p.28, Bantam
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