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But because we are laughed at, I don’t think people really understand how essential we are to their sanity. If it weren’t for the brief respite we give the world with our foolishness, the world would see mass suicide in numbers that compare favorably with the death rate of the lemmings.
Groucho Marx • Groucho And Me
Mark Twain is often quoted as having said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
Sahil Bloom • The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men - Roald Dahl
I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am.
- Charles Horton Cooley
botharetrue.substack.com • i am who i think you think i am
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Philosopher George Santayana on why we follow the crowd:
“A man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body.
He may like to go alone for a walk,
but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.”
“I don’t praise him for taking bribes. I only say he is a nice man in his own way! But if one looks at men in all ways — are there many good ones left? Why, I am sure I shouldn’t be worth a baked onion myself . . . perhaps with you thrown in.”