"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled." ~ Mark Twain ***NOT!!!*** Turns out it's actually a misquote of, "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!"

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Wikiquotes:

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain#Autobiography_of_Mark_Twain,_Vol._2_(2013)

Snopes:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-mark-twain-say-its-easier-to-fool-people-than-to-convince-them-that-they-have-been-fooled/

[–]sodasplash 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

fuck snopes

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because most people are controled/influenced by their own EGO

[–]sodasplash 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

weird

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yep, it is-prob. because the human brain is the most complicated thing in the Universe

[–]sodasplash 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

what a bunch of faggots

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Really?