Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, – all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, – who is good? not that men are ignorant, – what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.

W.E.B. Du Bois
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The tragedy of the age is not that men are poor, all men have great wealth, but that they are so blind to the needs of others that they are unable to see that they themselves need help. The tragedy of the age is not that men are wicked, all men know something of wickedness, but that they are so blind to their own wickedness that they cannot see their wickedness. The tragedy of the age is not that men are ignorant, all men know something of knowledge; but it is only because men know so little of each other that they live in ignorance.

Source: The Souls Of Black Folk

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