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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

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When someone lacks understanding or knowledge in a certain area, they often cover up that gap by acting overly confident or proud. This behavior is a way to hide their mental shortcomings rather than admitting uncertainty or ignorance.

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There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.

Nature says women are human beings, men have made religions to deny it. Nature says women are human beings, men cry out no!

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