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The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth.

— George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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(modernized spelling): The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcilable foes to truth.

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The world's a wood, in which all lose their way,
Though by a different path each goes astray.

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