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Quote 2961
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poeticalShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2872
A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good senseShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2869
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look outShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2792
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a matchby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2786
An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same timeby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2771
Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.by: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2766
Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiotsby: Karl KrausShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2647
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a foolShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2437
We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.Showing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2417
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing elseby: Andrew CarnegieShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2379
There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of othersShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2376
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying itShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2259
One wise man's verdict outweighs all the foolsby: Robert BrowningShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2192
The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanityShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2122
The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.by: William BlakeShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2114
None but blockheads copy each otherby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 2108
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wiseby: William BlakeShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1959
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerableby: Jane AustenShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1789
They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.by: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1751
The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill actionby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1724
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common senseby: Joseph AddisonShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1589
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservativesby: John Stuart MillShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1565
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy, a wise man because he thinks what is easy is difficultShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1477
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.by: Josh BillingsShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1460
A prudent question is one-half of wisdomby: Francis BaconShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1342
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worseby: William HazlittShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1281
A fool and his money are soon partedby: Thomas TusserShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1264
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidityShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1255
People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.Showing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1152
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doingShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1133
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boardsby: Mark TwainShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1101
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feelShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1081
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to themby: EpiktetShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1079
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years agoShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1077
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limitby: Elbert HubbardShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 1041
The wise does at once what the fool does at lastShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 959
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with themShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 933
The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happinessShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 899
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most sillyby: DiogenesShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 827
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishlyShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 786
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.Showing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 697
The person with least knowledge talks mostfrom EnglandShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 638
We pay when old for the excesses of youthfrom GermanyShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 562
I love fools' experiments. I am always making themShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 534
When a wise man points to the moon, the fool looks at the fingerfrom ChinaShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 498
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at mathShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 479
Last words are for fools who haven't said enoughby: Karl MarxShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 446
Prejudices are what fools use for reasonby: VoltaireShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 423
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say littleShowing Quotes on stupidity
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Quote 377
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.by: NapoleonShowing Quotes on stupidity
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