Samuel Butler: It is far safer to know too little than too much. People will condemn the one, though they will resent being called upon

It is far safer to know too little than too much. People will condemn the one, t — Samuel Butler

It is far safer to know too little than too much. People will condemn the one, though they will resent being called upon to exert themselves to follow the other.

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