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Quote by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak
Najtrudniejsze jest zawsze udowadnianie, że nie jest się wielbłądem.
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The quote uses an absurd example to describe how hard it is to disprove an accusation. Showing that one is not a camel represents the wider problem of proving a negative: the person accused must provide evidence against a claim, even when the claim itself seems unreasonable.
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