On the other hand...
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
-- Friedrich Schiller
Seems to me that Schiller’s been better vindicated so far.
Both of them are inaccurate and useless.
I can not speak for usefulness but “Human stupidity is formidable but not invincible” doesn’t seem too off the mark. I suppose it depends on which territory we are considering the stupidity to be formidable in defense of.
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On the other hand...
-- Friedrich Schiller
Seems to me that Schiller’s been better vindicated so far.
Both of them are inaccurate and useless.
I can not speak for usefulness but “Human stupidity is formidable but not invincible” doesn’t seem too off the mark. I suppose it depends on which territory we are considering the stupidity to be formidable in defense of.