Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (179 — Edmund Burke, On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (179 — Edmund Burke, On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (179 — Edmund Burke, On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (179 — Edmund Burke, On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (179 — Edmund Burke, On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
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Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (1794)]

— Edmund Burke, On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
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