One does not bring evidence from fools

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One does not bring evidence from fools

One does not bring evidence from fools

One cannot rely on information provided by a fool. The testimony of a foolish person is generally worthless.

("Rabbi Eliezer said to the sages: Did not Ben Stada bring out sorcery from Egypt by making marks on his flesh? They said: He was a fool, and one does not bring evidence from fools" - Shabbat 104b)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין מְבִיאִין רְאִיָּה מִן הַשּׁוֹטִים

Definition (Hebrew)

לֹא נִתָּן לְהִסְתַּמֵּךְ עַל מֵידָע שֶׁמּוֹסֵר טִפֵּשׁ. עֵדוּת אָדָם שׁוֹטֶה אֵינָהּ בַּעֲלַת עֵרֶךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלָל.

("אָמַר לָהֶן רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר לַחֲכָמִים:והלא בֶּן סְטְדָּא הוֹצִיא כשפים מִמִּצְרַיִם בסריטה שֶׁעַל בשרו. אָמְרוּ: שׁוֹטֶה הָיָה, וְאֵין מְבִיאִין רְאָיָה מִן השוטים"-שַׁבָּת קַד ע"ב)

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