How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
When there's no help in truth!
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Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
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It is no weakness for the wisest man
To learn when he is wrong.
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
When the mind hath once become a parent of evil, it teaches men to be evil thenceforth.
I well believe it, to unwilling ears;None love the messenger who brings bad news.
Evil seems good, soon or late, to him whose mind the god draws to mischief.
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