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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
BARBAE TENUS SAPIENTES
BARBAE TENUS SAPIENTES
[men are wise as far as their beards]: referring to those who pretend to have knowledge they do not in fact possess
from
Latin for the Illiterati
by Jon R. Stone
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