To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light. ✨ Benjamin Frankli…

Benjamin Franklin
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To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2004). Poor Richard's Almanack, p.263, Barnes & Noble Publishing
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