“What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.”
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer
Source: The Wizard
“Hardly any man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.”
Il n'y a guère d'homme assez habile pour connaître tout le mal qu'il fait.
Maxim 269.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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