Quote#Wisdom
A man who does not fool himself seldom cares much about fooling…
Quote byE. W. Howe · 1853–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ventures in Common Sense (1919), p87..
English (original)
A man who does not fool himself seldom cares much about fooling others. But the man who claims to have seen a ghost wants everybody else to believe in ghosts.
— E. W. Howe
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