Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running. ✨ Benjamin Fr…

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Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (1987). Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication, p.41, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
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Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (1987). Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication, p.41, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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