“If it's true what is said, that only the wise discover the wise, then it must also be true that the lone wolf symbolizes either the biggest fool on the planet or the biggest Einstein on the planet.” IfsSaidWisePlanetsFoolBeing TrueLoneLone Wolf Book:Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality Source: Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
“If it be true that men of strong imaginations are usually dogmatists--and I am inclined to think it is so--it ought to follow that men of weak imaginations are the reverse; in which case we should have some compensation for stupidity. But it unfortunately happens that no dogmatist is more obstinate or less open to conviction than a fool.” IfsThinkingMenShouldHappensStrongImaginationCasesFoolOughtWeakShould HaveConvictionStupidityBeing TrueReverseCompensationObstinateObstinacy Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveFactsMightLyingMotivationBeliefGivenDifferencesStupidFoolEasierBeing TrueTrue People Author:Terry Goodkind
“That's for calling your father a fool. It may be true, but it's disrespectful. Brian Fraser to teenage Jamie” MayFatherFoolCallingBeing TrueTeenageBrianJamieDisrespectful Author:Diana Gabaldon