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S. I. Hayakawa Quotes: It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
         

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.


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