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“Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down."”
Provenance
- Source:
- Pyrrho. viii.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 7d89d62c01c6b07ceb1b7c34cfd32a2e91f3160e1d57979d40a48d738356a872
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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