Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. (Friedrich von Schiller)

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. (Albert Einstein)

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. (George Eliot)

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. (James Branch Cabell)

We have art to save ourselves from the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)