Stupidity Of Man Quotes

• The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Stupid, Power, Men

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• In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.

  Konrad Adenauer

  Stupid, Men, Views

  "Through Russian Eyes: President Kennedy's 1036 Days". Book by Anatoly Gromyko, p. 128, 1973.

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  The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

  Bertrand Russell

  Education, Confidence, Wisdom

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• The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Stupid, Silly, Men

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “A Critic in Pall Mall”, p.214, Oscar Wilde

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  Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

  Bertrand Russell

  Education, Stupid, School

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition”, p.578, Routledge

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• When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Sad, Military

  Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) act 3

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• Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity.

  Remy de Gourmont

  Stupid, Intelligent, Men

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• A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

  Bertrand Russell

  Clever, Smart, Stupid

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• Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

  Oscar Wilde

  Money, Clever, Stupid

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.51, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

  Bertrand Russell

  Foolish Man, Wisest Man, Thought Provoking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Stupid, Silly, Men

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (1858). “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every Man His Own Boswell”, p.42

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• Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

  Confucius

  Life, Change, Wise

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Stupid, Silly, Men

  Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale (1996). “Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”, p.376, Cambridge University Press

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• No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Wisdom, Stupid, Men

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• With stupidity and sound digestion, man may front much.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Stupidity, Sound

  Thomas Carlyle (1871). “The Collected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.99

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• Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Mercy Of God, Things In Life

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• To the stupidity of men, " Dakota said, raising a glass. "And my brother, who is their king.

  Susan Mallery

  Girlfriend, Brother, Kings

  Susan Mallery (2010). “Almost Perfect”, p.352, HQN Books

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• THESE are the desolate, dark weeks when nature in its barrenness equals the stupidity of man. The year plunges into night and the heart plunges lower than night.

  William Carlos Williams

  Heart, Dark, Night

  Ian D. Copestake, William Carlos Williams (2004). “Rigor of Beauty: Essays in Commemoration of William Carlos Williams”, p.100, Peter Lang

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• I get amazed, I can't look at it but about 10 seconds, at these politicians dancing around this, dancing around this, I'm trying to find a correct name for it, this utter absolute, asinine, idiotic stupidity of men marrying men.

  Jimmy Swaggart

  Men, Names, Dancing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

  George S. Patton

  Army, Men, Stupidity

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