If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.


"1901", p. 76. Sometimes misquoted as "If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing". Sometimes misattributed to Bertrand Russell or Anatole France - A Writer's Notebook (1946)

W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.