Owen Feltham (1602–1668) English writer
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 535.
“Good. Show me a man who thinks that he knows what 'good' is, and I will probably be able to show you a horror of a person. Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.”
— Idries Shah, book Caravan of Dreams
Source: Caravan of Dreams
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