What one fool can do another can. Silvanus P. Thompson More Quotes by Silvanus P. Thompson More Quotes From Silvanus P. Thompson Considering how many fools can calculate, it is surprising that it should be thought either a difficult or a tedious task for any other fool to learn how to master the same tricks... Being myself a remarkably stupid fellow, I have had to unteach myself the difficulties, and now beg to present to my fellow fools the parts that are not hard. Master these thoroughly, and the rest will follow. What one fool can do, another can. Silvanus P. Thompson stupid education math