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Benjamin Franklin, A Benjamin Franklin Reader: The Essential Writings of a Colonial Sage Quotes: A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false.
         

A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false.


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