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“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Harijan (17 February 1940)
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 210488243859b87507df63d6e16915fd0be86a4855f97b3f6268c8ada4f3f19c
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