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Classical antiquity1 quote
Everyone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking. — HeraclitusColonial America1 quote
Genius without Education is like Silver in the Mine. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Middle Ages1 quote
O human race, born to fly upward,
Wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? — Dante Alighieri · 1321The Renaissance1 quote
We know what we are but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare · 1616