Denis Diderot. (№ 21648)

To present the truth to some people is like that direct ray of light in a owl's nest. The light only spoil the owls eyes and they will cry. If people were ignorant just because did not learn anything, they, perhaps, could enlighten; but in their blindness there is a system... you Can reason with the man who inadvertently is mistaken; but which side to attack the man who stands guard against common sense?