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The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
Author
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Writer
P. J. Bailey
Knowledge
Alike
True
Error
Truth
False
Never
Errors
Worse
Ignorance
Fool
Wise
Perilous

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