Intolerance and superstition has always been the domain of the more stupid amongst the common folk and, I conjecture, will never be uprooted, for they are as eternal as stupidity itself. There, where mountains tower today, one day there will be seas; there where today seas surge, will one day be deserts. But stupidity will remain stupidity.
–styled Nicodemus de Boot, Meditations on life, Happiness and Prosperity, from Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves
Axiom One: People are stupid.
–ancient Arctic proverb
Yes, that means everybody, including me. You see, it’s an axiom, which means that–what? No, dammit, there is no Axiom Two. What? No, there’s no sub-axiom! Axiom One works because of its simplicity and universal… *sigh* never mind.
–ancient Arctic proverb