If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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