Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Ignorant
  • Enlightened
  • Deficiencies