FOREWORD
“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”
This well-known proverb was made more famous when George W. Bush fumbled the saying during a September 17, 2002, speech given in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Bush said, “Fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—can’t get fooled again.” Although the gaffe went down in history, the sentiment still holds true.
This idea of taking personal ownership when being fooled a second time by an untrustworthy person was first found in The Court and Character in King James written by Anthony Weldon in 1651. As the proverb stands, if you get fooled more than once, it’s totally your fault.
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