"I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise."

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"I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise."

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George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool."

"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

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"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."

"It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is."

"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way."

"The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool."

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"People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout."

"Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"

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