Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already. (Baltasar Gracián)

Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.

Baltasar Gracián

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