Time does to the body what stupidity does to the soul.
These wise ones are all so stupid. I’ve nobody to talk to.[Эти умники все такие глупые, что не с кем поговорить.]
The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
The loyalty well held to fools does make our faith mere folly.
The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.
The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.
Stupidity is one of two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.
Stupidity is of as much service to humanity as the loftiest genius…[Глупость, как и высочайший гений, одинаково полезны в судьбах человечества…]
Stupid people ask stupid questions. Clever people answer them.
Sometimes it’s great fun to be silly, like children playing statues and dying of laughter. And sometimes being silly breaks the even pace and lets you get a new start.
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
