Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.

Some fellows get credit for being conservative, when they are only stupid.

Author: Kin Hubbard

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Don't knock the weather, nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

If there's anything a public servant hates to do, it's something for the public.

Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

Discipline divorced from wisdom is not true discipline, but merely the meaningless following of custom, which is only a disguise for stupidity.