• qyron
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    801 year ago

    To quote someone a lot wiser than myself:

    It’s a shame stupid people carry themselves through life full of certainty while the wise ones suffer a life of doubt.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      That’s a paraphrase of a famous Bertrand Russell quote. The original is as follows; “The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”

      There’s also the William Butler Yeats corollary; “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”