"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
"Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent."
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Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 2, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (1894)
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