“Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
“It feels like trading brains with an imbecile.”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
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Source: Down and out in Paris and London (1933), Ch. 31
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“There's no tyrant like a brain.”
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Source: Journey to the End of the Night