“For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may ackno…”

“For such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; Yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves: For they see their own wit at hand, and other men's at a distance.”

— Thomas Hobbes

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The First Part, Chapter 13, p. 61

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