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Marissa
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I’m not afraid of pouring rains or great gusts of wind, for I too am the darkness of the night.
“Alas, how terrible is wisdom
when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!
This I knew well, but had forgotten it,
else I would not have come here.”
― Oedipus Rex
when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!
This I knew well, but had forgotten it,
else I would not have come here.”
― Oedipus Rex
“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”
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“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
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Marissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
6,268 books
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40 friends
529 books
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1,588 books
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348 friends
143 books
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97 friends
182 books
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47 friends
747 books
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710 friends
722 books
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216 friends
420 books
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