You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
Source: Fables for Our Time, Moral of The Owl Who Was God, 1940.
-- James Thurber, (Dec 8 1894-1961), US novelist, humorist, cartoonist; He is noted for his whimsical writings, cartoons; his best known short story is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 1945.