Mariane Sawan

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
― Euripides, The Bacchae

“The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte