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    William Faulkner
    “Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.”
    ― William Faulkner, Mosquitoes
    tags: fool, silence, stupidity, talking, words
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir
    tags: atheism, dislikes, racism, religion, scepticism, stupidity, superstition
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Irony is wasted on the stupid”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: irony, stupid, stupidity
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Euripides
    “Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
    ― Euripides, The Bacchae
    tags: foolishness, rationality, reason, sense, stupidity, understanding
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    Søren Kierkegaard
    “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
    ― Søren Kierkegaard
    tags: civil-rights, free-speech, free-will, freedom, intelligence, liberty, stupidity
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    George Carlin
    “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, misattributed-george-carlin, stupidity
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    Harlan Ellison
    “You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
    tags: ignorance, intelligence, opinions, stupidity
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    Napoléon Bonaparte
    “In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
    ― Napoleon Bonaparte
    tags: humor, politics, stupidity
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, The Green Hills of Earth
    tags: hanlon-s-razor, malice, stupidity
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    Jane Austen
    “Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: foolishness, intelligence, sense, stupidity
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    Judy Sheindlin
    “Beauty fades, dumb is forever.”
    ― Judge Judy Sheindlin, Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever
    tags: beauty, intelligence, stupidity
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    Socrates
    “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, wisdom
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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    Eoin Colfer
    “Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”
    ― Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
    tags: confidence, humor, ignorance, knowledge
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    Daniel J. Boorstin
    “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
    ― Daniel J. Boorstin
    tags: misattributed-stephen-hawking
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    Anaïs Nin
    “The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
    ― Anais Nin
    tags: knowledge, mystery, sense-of-wonder, spirituality
    2086 likes



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