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The Mountains, Too, At A Distance Appear Airy Masses And Smooth, But Seen Near At Hand, They Are Rough.
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The mountains, too, at a distance appear airy masses and smooth, but
seen near at hand, they are rough.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Pyrrho, ix
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