Mit der Dummheit kaempfen Goetter selbst vergebens.
[Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.]
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
-- The Maid of Orleans, Act iii, Sc. 6
[Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.]
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
-- The Maid of Orleans, Act iii, Sc. 6
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