The Wizard's First Rule: People Are Stupid;

But In The End, We Can’t Live Our Lives By ‘what If’ And ‘if Only.’ We Can Only Do The Best We Can To The Best Of Our Ability Based On What We Know. That’s Why The Truth Is So Important.

If You Are Unwilling To Defend Your Right To Your Own Lives, Then You Are Merely Like Mice Trying To Argue With Owls. You Think Their Ways Are Wrong. They Think You Are Dinner.

To Question Me Onceis A Simple Mistake, Lieutenant. Twice Is Treason. We Execute Traitors.-kahlan

People Are Stupid; Given Proper Motivation, Almost Anyone Will Believe Almost Anything. Because People Are Stupid, They Will Believe A Lie Because They Want To Believe It's True, Or Because They Are Afraid It Might Be True. People’s Heads Are Full Of Knowledge, Facts, And Beliefs, And Most Of It Is False, Yet They Think It All True. People Are Stupid; They Can Only Rarely Tell The Difference Between A Lie And The Truth, And Yet They Are Confident They Can, And So Are All The Easier To Fool.

Over The Millennia The Seed Of Stories Planted In The Fertile Soil Of Bits And Scraps Of Facts Was Watered By Wishes And Began To Take Root And Grow. Eventually, A Bountiful Fruit Of Rumors Burst Forth, To Be Spread On The Wind Of Whispers That Said We Hid A Fabled Hoard Of Gold. Nothing Could Convince The Believers That It Was Not True. The Truth Does Not Glitter For These People Like Gold Does.