From: Bdale Garbee
-- Bertrand Russell
+"The difference between stupid and intelligent people â and this is true
+whether or not they are well-educated â is that intelligent people can
+handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory
+situations â in fact, they expect them and are apt to become suspicious
+when things seem overly straightforward."
+
-- Neal Stephenson, from The Diamond Age
"People love to hear the brag of the local boy, because they want him to be great, but the foreigner must deny that he has any outstanding virtue -- this