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“And he is oft the wisest man Who is not wise at all.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Oak and the Broom.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- e37e8d49a69fc5624c9c769a19760c88a7f27cf43e3602f11307439f7d7fefb4
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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