"Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all Men made fools."

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Source : R. Scott Bakker (2012). “The White-Luck Warrior: Book Two”, p.294, The Overlook Press

R. Scott Bakker

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