"En un descuido puede caer el mayor sabio, pero en dos no; y de paso, que no de asiento."
— Sage (philosophy)

January 1, 1970

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The greatest of sages can commit one mistake, but not two; he may fall into error, but he doesn’t lie down and make his home there. — Baltasar Gracián, Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia, § 214 (Christopher Maurer trans.)