• qyron@sopuli.xyz
    76·
    11 months 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.

    • TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.idEnglish
      6·
      11 months 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.”