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Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frogs foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox. – Miguel de Cervantes

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