“An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.”
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
Source: Ninety-Three
“which is better - to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?”
— Aldous Huxley, book Island
Source: Island
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