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He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.


Aphra Behn

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He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet
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He knew she knew of his pretense.
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And y...
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MICHAEL CAMPBELL He suffered much, but he understood the mystery of pain: he knew that tears make all things shine.
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GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ He was mine, and I was his. If I knew anything at all, it was that only those two things mattered.
JAMIE MCGUIRE He knew only that his child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.
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