You can fool too many of the people too much…

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

Sourced, From Fables for Our Time and Further Fables for Our Time

“The Owl who was God”, The New Yorker (29 April 1939); Fables for Our Time & Famous Poems Illustrated (1940)

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