There can be little doubt that it is the fools, and not the wise, who govern the world. While the wise are considering, the fools act; while the wise… - Jean Ingelow

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There can be little doubt that it is the fools, and not the wise, who govern the world. While the wise are considering, the fools act; while the wise investigate, the fools have made up their minds; by the time the wise have discovered, the fools have made arrangements, and the wise, for the sake of law and order, or, if not, for the sake of peace and quietness, are obliged to give way.