• 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
  American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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1. extraordinary
2. discoveries
3. bustling

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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. by : Ralph Waldo Emerson

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