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Chance Quote by Xenophanes

“No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.” quote by Xenophanes — Download Open image

“No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.”

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