“There are two classes, those who want to know and do not care whether others think they know or not, and those who do not much care about knowing but care very greatly about being reputed as knowing.”

—  Samuel Butler

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The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIV - Higgledy-Piggledy

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