Edmund Burke quote: Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the

~ Edmund Burke ~

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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (1794)]