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The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know to whom you should ascribe a quote.

• blooalien 2mo ago
  @shusaku> "The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know to whom you should ascribe a quote." Well, so far I see variants of this particular quote from Aristotle, Einstein, and Voltaire. Someone else probably said it earlier than any of 'em probably, but I honestly don't care enough to dig any deeper than this. Besides, half the time I've dug deeper into Mark Twain or Albert Einstein quotes (just for a couple really common examples) I find that they're attributed with saying a thing they never actually said anyhow, so... :shrug: https://motivane.com/quote/more-you-know-more-you-dont-know/ https://motivane.com/quote/more-you-know-more-you-dont-know/ https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/620163-the-more-i-learn-the-more-i-realize-how-much https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/620163-the-more-i-learn-the... https://wiseopinions.substack.com/p/voltaires-paradox-about-knowledge https://wiseopinions.substack.com/p/voltaires-paradox-about-...