We need men, but geniuses, no. No, my goodness, we don’t need them. It is they who change the face of the world; and, even in the most trifling things, stupidity is so universal and so powerful that it can’t be reformed without a great to-do.
 Denis Diderot, Rameau's Nephew. copy citation

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Author Denis Diderot
Source Rameau's Nephew
Topic stupidity goodness
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Language English
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Note Translated by Margaret Mauldon
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