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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. – Mason Cooley

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At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly. – Mason Cooley

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And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. – Julien Benda

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