A quotation from #Gaiman, Neil:

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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
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Sandman, Book 9. The Kindly Ones, # 60 "The Kindly Ones: 4" [Dream] (1994-06) - Gaiman, Neil | WIST Quotations

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

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