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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the hum

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"No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks"

- Erica Jong

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This quote is written / told by Erica Jong somewhere between March 26, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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