Quotation by

Karl Kraus

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

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The quote suggests that some people use education as a tool to challenge those who are truly knowledgeable, not to gain wisdom but to avoid feeling unintelligent themselves. It implies that this misuse of education is more about insecurity than genuine understanding or insight.

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