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To really know is science to merely believe you know is ignorance.

Hippocrates

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Hippocrates
Greek Physician
Philosopher
Physician
Cos
Hippokrates
Hippokrates of Kos
Hippocrates of Cos
Really
Merely
Ignorance
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