“Thou little thinkest what a little foolery governs the world.”

As quoted in Garry Davis Cult, Life (Jan 24, 1949)

Source: No Country for Old Men (2005)

#4386, Part 5
Seventy Seven Thousand Service-Trees series 1-50 (1998)

Though sometimes credited to Ziglar on the internet, this is credited to Marie Fraser in Quote Unquote (1977) by Lloyd Cory
Misattributed

Self-Question, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Nice and Blue, Pt 2.
Brother, Sister (2006)

1970s-, The Captains, the Kings, and Taylor Caldwell (1978)
Context: This world’s brought me very little joy, very little satisfaction. It’s brought me nothing but tragedy from the time I was born. I regret every day I live. The human situation is not as unique as you think it is. We’re all the same. We all get kicked in the pants, we all have our moments of elation — though not much happiness. Happiness is a child’s word. There may be short periods of contentment, but very short. Life is mostly disappointment, tragedy, loss and failure. <!--
It wasn’t until the last few years — imagine, not till the last few years — that I found out something that even a child knows. That money rules the world. That’s what nations fight about. I didn’t know it was that important. It came as a big shock to me.

Little Children (1937)

Life Without Principle (1863)