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When I was teaching, the headmaster told me "You know, the sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it."

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John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English comedian and actor best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for co-writing the TV series Fawlty Towers in which he played Basil Fawlty.

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The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.

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When I was teaching, the headmaster told me "You know, the sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it." - John Cleese

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