Talk:gefährlich wird es, wenn die Dummen fleißig werden

RFV discussion: December 2018–April 2020
German. It seems to be more often mentioned than used. The non-literal definition is potentially too narrow. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  14:56, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


 * The “literal” translation is already not very literal. My attempt: “It gets dangerous when dumb people begin to work hard.” What a weird interpretation, though, not just narrow. I think the aphorism is actually meant to be taken rather literally. I see it often attributed to, but never with a concrete source, so this may be another made-up attribution that is blindly copied. In any case, I don’t think we have even a single one of the over 200 aphorisms by GBS; why should we have this one? --Lambiam 18:58, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * True, or "when the dumb become industrious". I agree about aphorisms; it can always be RFD'd if the RFV passes. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  08:31, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * RFV-deleted &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 15:42, 19 April 2020 (UTC)