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Oliver Wendell Holmes

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

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Arguments or debates put both intelligent and less knowledgeable people on the same level because everyone gets a chance to speak. Those who are less wise are aware that controversy gives them an equal platform to the wise.

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