“You can't argue with the fools in the world. It's better to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.”

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American novelist 1948

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“The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

My Story (1974; co-written with Ben Hecht; 2007 edition), p. 133 Variant: The truth is I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't. When they found this out, they would blame me for disillusioning them and fooling them. As paraphrased in On Being Blonde : Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes (2004) by Paula Munier, p. 52

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“Let people alone. Let them find their way. Let them find their level and you may sometimes be delighted and astonished at the extraordinary high level to which they'll rise if they're let alone.”

Robertson Davies (1913–1995) Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist

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“The longer I observe the way people really act, the happier I am that I never pay attention to them.”

Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 13 (p. 168).

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