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Thomas Jefferson Quotes: He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
         

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.


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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
         



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