FOOLS
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To call someone a fool is bad enough; but what is infinitely worse is to waste the rest of your life trying to prove him a fool.
But perhaps what I am talking about here is not an individual aberration but one that is typical of our leaders -- our role models. After committing a blunder, our leaders too spend the rest of their lives trying to prove opposition wrong.
But once we admit to be human, it would be a serious blunder to believe only those who flatter us by agreeing with us; because to do so would imply that we are perfect or blameless or beyond criticism.
Which is where our critics come in.
Surely, they can’t all be wrong!
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ara baliozian
, Aug 05 2001 10:27 AM
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Posted 05 August 2001 - 10:27 AM
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Posted 05 August 2001 - 02:50 PM
Ara,
Was it not in one of your books that is written something like: "it is easy to fool a fool, it is even easier to fool yourself. Draw your own conclusion." ?
Was it not in one of your books that is written something like: "it is easy to fool a fool, it is even easier to fool yourself. Draw your own conclusion." ?
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 10:53 AM
Ara,
Was it not in one of your books that is written something like: "it is easy to fool a fool, it is even easier to fool yourself. Draw your own conclusion." ?
sounds very familiar. / ara
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