Full Idea
Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled.
Gist of Idea
Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled
Source
Laozi (Lao Tzu) (Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) [c.530 BCE], I.XX.47)
Book Reference
Lao Tzu: 'Tao Te Ching', ed/tr. Lau,D.C. [Penguin 1963], p.77
A Reaction
Personally I think all human beings are deeply perplexed when they actually address their situation, but most people never spend more than a few minutes a year worrying about it.