But precisely because such an analysis of history comes closer to the truth, it is more dangerous. It gives the illusion of full knowledge. (Czesław Miłosz)

But precisely because such an analysis of history comes closer to the truth, it is more dangerous. It gives the illusion of full knowledge.

Czesław Miłosz

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