Quote by William Osler
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth,

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition. – William Osler

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The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. – William Osler

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