There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.
- Oliver Goldsmith
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I'm pretty sure that Marcus Tullius Cicero is the originator of this saying. It was also picked up and used to good effect by Descartes.
Damn! Bob beat me to it. I was going to show my erudition unnecessarily!
David Hull has a variant: There is nothing so absurd that some organism or other doesn't have it.
Hmmmm, so it is one of those ageless truisms that lots of people can claim, eh?