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Quote card: It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.”

Attributed to Mark Twain. Not found in Twain's writings; similar lines were used by the humorist Josh Billings.

Double check the thing you are sure about. That is usually the one that catches you out.

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