Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom."
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Albert Einstein
Physicist
"Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed."
Albert Einstein
Physicist
"There is no vaccine against stupidity."
Franz Kafka
Writer
"It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself."
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"Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity."
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"There's no defense against stupidity."
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"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything."
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"Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much"
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"Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence."
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"The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from them, which was perfectly all right. They didn't want it anyway. It was as though they had surrendered themselves to Jesus, for instance, so they could live unselfishly and trustingly-except that they had surrendered to a pimp instead."
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"The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them. What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold "precious," and earth and soil "base"?"
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"Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge."
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"Cats are put on earth to remind us that not everything has a purpose."
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"Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular."
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"All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion."
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"They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it."
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"In the end, this world will go under because of the stupidity of people."
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"Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous."
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"We that are true lovers run into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love mortal in folly."
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"The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of mind; that it banishes brains, it sanctifies stupidity, it canonizes incompetence."
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"The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents."
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"Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists-whether through design or stupidity, I do not know-as admitting that the fossil record includes no transitional forms. Transitional forms are generally lacking at the species level, but they are abundant between larger groups."
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"In this hope, among the things we teach to the young are such truths as the transcendent value of the individual and the dignity of all people, the futility and stupidity of war, its destructiveness of life and its degradation of human values."
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"If you hang around long enough, they think you're good. It's either my tenacity or my stupidity, I'm not sure which."
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