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The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.

Source: In Poor Man's College Quotations Collection, ed. Sidney Madwed, AAPEX software, 1994.
-- Nicolas Boileau, (Nov 1 1636-1711), French literary poet, critic; He was a leading literary critic who defined and upheld classical standards in French and English literature; wrote Art Poetique, 1674.

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