If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it;…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1966). The World as Will and Representation, p.230, Courier Corporation
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If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in precisely the same way the person who is bad, we should be laughed at. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1966). The World as Will and Representation, p.230, Courier Corporation

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