"For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves: For they see their own wit at hand, and other men's at a distance."
Thomas Hobbes

January 1, 1970

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The First Part, Chapter 13, p. 61

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