To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom. (Thomas Traherne)

To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom.

Thomas Traherne

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