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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match
The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing
Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless
A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way
He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright
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