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Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

— Stephen Vizinczey

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Source: In the Sunday Telegraph (2 March 1975) ; as quoted in A Speaker's Treasury of Quotations: Maxims, Witticisms and Quips for Speeches and Presentations, Michael & Linda Thomsett, McFarland (2009), p. 110
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