The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold... - Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind."

Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon Wisdom

Naturalist Scientist French 1707–1788

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