It would be foolish of me to ask you to guess who these next quotes remind me of, because it’s too obvious . . . so I won’t. I’ll just tell you that the words were penned in the 16th century by a Dutch theologian as part of his satirical writings . . . and apparently people haven’t changed much across the centuries or around the world in the last 500 years:

“The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.”

– Erasmus, “The Praise of Folly” (1509)

And then, for good measure, he added this:

“A remarkable thing happens in the experience of my fools: from them not only true things, but even sharp reproaches, will be listened to; so that a statement which, if it came from a wise man’s mouth, might be a capital offense, coming from a fool gives rise to incredible delight.”

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
11/15/26