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Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Born: Apr 26, 1889
Died: Apr 29, 1951

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Heights, Down, Valleys, Stay, Silliness, Never, Come, Cleverness, Up, Green, Barren

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