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Brian Whatcott
 
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:49:39 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
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When faced with questions like this, it is best to follow the advice
of confucious:

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's
mouth and remove all doubts.


I believe that this quote came from Samuel Johnson.

But as Confucious actually said:
" To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true
knowledge."



K'ung-fu-tzu or Kongfuzi is usually rendered in English as Confucius

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