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Quote by Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
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The quote says that nobody knows everything. Each person understands some subjects better than others, so everyone is knowledgeable in certain areas and uninformed in others. It encourages humility: being well informed about one topic does not make someone an expert on every topic.
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