No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity …

Fernando Pessoa
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No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. ✨ The Book of Disquietude by Fernando Pessoa, translated by Richard Zenith, (text 104), 1982.
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