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- Hoaxes are nothing new. News media isn't hard to fool. It's fun to fool and people like to mess with people. It all goes to show you that we're not all that hard to fool. I think we should just accept that and trust people anyway.
- Hank Green, Vlogbrothers, The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time, 10-22-09
- Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.
- Anonymous
- Never give advice...
A wise man won't need it
A fool won't heed it. - Unknown
- Any fool can make a rule,
and any fool will mind it. - Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
- E. F. Schumacher
- I'll publish right or wrong. Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
- Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
- The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
- So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now.
- William of Baskerville, The Name of the Rose
- 'Tis hard if all is false that I advance
A fool must now and then be right, by chance. - William Cowper (1731 - 1800), Conversation
- Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.
- From the I Ching
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