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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Education, Time, Positive Thinking
"The Crack-Up" (1936)
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.