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That's a re-phrasing of Bertrand Russell's "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
by rosser 8y ago
That's a re-phrasing of Bertrand Russell's "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
- mattigames 8y agoSorry, its the first one google shows, I will make sure to quote this one next time, even more for being a tad more offensive.
- benjohnson 8y agoAs I understand it - W. B. Yeats beat Bertrand by a few years with "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." I'm sure this lament is as old as time - someone probably has Yeats beat by a few millennia.
- cbanek 8y ago"Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (date: controversial, but definitely BC)