“No clever person can help here; I see that clearly. Here, only stupidity can help the stupid one!”

— Richard Wagner , Siegfried

Original: (de) "Hier hilft kein Kluger, das seh’ ich klar: hier hilft dem Dummen die Dummheit allein!"
Source: Quotes from his operas, Siegfried, Mime, the dwarf (and master metal-smith), Act 1, Scene 3

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German composer, conductor 1813–1883

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