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Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

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He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Plutarch. "Περὶ ἀδολεσχίας [On Talkativeness]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

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For say a foolish thing enough…
... The same thing
Shall pass at last for absolutely wise,
And not with fools exclusively.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh. London: Chapman & Hall, 1857, bk. 6.

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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Aurora Leigh. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6.

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

Herbert Spencer

State Tamperings with Money and Banks

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Spencer, Herbert. "State Tamperings with Money and Banks." The Westminster Review, Jan. 1858.

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Spencer, Herbert. "State Tamperings with Money and Banks." Essays, Scientific, Political, and Speculative. Vol. 3, Cornell University Library, 2009.

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Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

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He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.

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For say a foolish thing enough… ... The same thing Shall pass at last for absolutely wise, And not with fools exclusively.

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

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Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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For say a foolish thing enough…
... The same thing
Shall pass at last for absolutely wise,
And not with fools exclusively.