Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus-THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible! β¨ Richard P. Feynman (2010). Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character: Adventures of a Curious Character, p.284, W. W. Norton & Company
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