From Stupidity To Wisdom But One Small Nuance.
Nietzsche says that “to forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.” To which I reply that, on the other hand, to pretend to forget one’s purpose is an uncommon form of cleverness, while to try to forget it, is perhaps the rarest form of wisdom.
Kicking It Down A Notch…
Another, much simpler, and definitely dissimilar, way of putting this: to forget is folly (sorry, Mirabeau!), to pretend to forget is cleverness, to try to forget is wisdom.
Nietzsche says that “to forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.” To which I reply that, on the other hand, to pretend to forget one’s purpose is an uncommon form of cleverness, while to try to forget it, is perhaps the rarest form of wisdom.
Kicking It Down A Notch…
Another, much simpler, and definitely dissimilar, way of putting this: to forget is folly (sorry, Mirabeau!), to pretend to forget is cleverness, to try to forget is wisdom.
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