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| stupidity is worse than treason (на современном русском это значит "глупость хуже чем предательство; глупость сташнее измены" shergilov); silliness is more hurtful than betrayal (shergilov) | |||
| though modesty be a virtue, yet bashfulness is a vice (simplicity is worse than robbery. used disapprovingly about a person whose naivety and blind trustfulness cause trouble, may do harm); be just before you are generous; crudeness is worse than thieving; crudeness is no goodness; simplicity is worse than robbery (алешаBG); a tattler is worse than a thief; simplicity is worse than thievery (naivety is worse... george serebryakov) | |||