What a wise man knows seems so plain and simple to himself that he easily makes the mistake of thinking it to be so for others. (John Lancaster Spalding)

What a wise man knows seems so plain and simple to himself that he easily makes the mistake of thinking it to be so for others.

John Lancaster Spalding

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