How is it possible that stupidity should end our lives when our enemies' cleverest stratagems had not
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Simple errors like stupidity can be more deadly than complex enemy plans.
- In plain terms
- Stupidity can kill us even when clever enemy plans cannot.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid carelessness; it is more dangerous than enemy schemes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you being careful?
- What small error matters?
Another view
Intelligence does not guarantee safety either.
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