Truth That Has Merely Been Learned Is Like An Artificial Limb, A False Tooth, A Waxen Nose

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Truth that has merely been learned is like an artificial limb, a false
tooth, a waxen nose; it adheres to us only because it is put on.
But truth acquired by thought of our own is like a natural limb; it
alone really belongs to us.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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