Stupidity is something we all have in common. You may recognize yourself in these proverbs and quotes about stupidity.
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There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSource: The Red Headed League
There are more fools in the world than there are people.
Heinrich HeineThere are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.
John FowlesThere is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness".
Dave BarryThere is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
Oscar WildeThere is no cure for stupid wives and willful children.
There is no fool like an old fool.
There is no sin except stupidity.
Oscar WildeThere is only one problem with common sense; it’s not very common.
Milt BryceTo be clever enough to get all the money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
Gilbert Keith ChestertonTo be old and wise, you must first have to be young and stupid.
(unknown author)To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.
Gustave FlaubertTo keep your own secrets is wisdom; but to expect others to keep them is folly.
William Scott DowneyToo clever is stupid.
Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.
Ernest BevinUnless one pretends to be stupid and deaf, it is difficult to be a mother-in-law or father-in-law.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin FranklinWe are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity.
Stephen HawkingWe have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergWe never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.
Paul GauguinWe start as fools and become wise through experience.
We were idiots really, but awfully happy, too.
Bill BrysonSource: The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island
When a finger is pointing at the moon, the fool looks at the finger.
When a fool is told a proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
George Bernard ShawWhen love is not madness, it is not love.
Pedro Calderon de la BarcaWhen the Spaniard sings he is either stupid or without money.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
Oscar WildeWho is stupid in the morning will be stupid in the evening.
Wisdom is a form of stupidity.
MinkukelWisdom is born; stupidity is learned.
Wise men create proverbs and fools repeat them.
Samuel PalmerWise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
PlatoWise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
Michel de MontaigneWise people can’t answer the most foolish questions.
Without fools the rest of us could not succeed.
Mark TwainWomen sometimes make fools of men, but most guys are the do-it-yourself type
(unknown author)You are learning all your life and you die stupid.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham LincolnYou can fool some people some times but you can't fool all the people all the time
Bob MarleyYou can't be the head of a family unless you show yourself both stupid and deaf.
You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.
Franz GrillparzerYou know nothing, Jon Snow.
(unknown author)Source: Game of Thrones
Quoted: Ygritte
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
(unknown author)Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.
Aristophanes
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