A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but
they have heads like a soapboiler's.
[Ger., read more

A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but
they have heads like a soapboiler's.
[Ger., Schad'um die Leut'! Sind sonst wackre Bruder
Aber das denkt, wie ein Seifensieder.]

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.

He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.

Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!

Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster
than you think.

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster
than you think.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has
a longer shelf life.

There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has
a longer shelf life.