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By fearing whom I trust I find my way To truth; by trusting wholly I betray
 * The trust of wisdom; better far is doubt

Which brings the false into the light of day.

Or wilt thou commerce have with those who make Rugs of the rainbow, rainbows of the snake,
 * Snakes of a staff, and other wondrous things?—

The burning thirst a mirage can not slake.