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With various readings stored his empty skull,
Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
With various readings stored his empty skull,
Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.
[Ger., Mit der Dummheit kampfen Gotter selbst vergebens.]
Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.
[Ger., Mit der Dummheit kampfen Gotter selbst vergebens.]
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all read more
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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.
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 fault rests with the gods, who have made her so stupid.
[Lat., La faute en est aux dieux, read more
The fault rests with the gods, who have made her so stupid.
[Lat., La faute en est aux dieux, qui la firent si bete.]
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.
