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A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but
they have heads like a soapboiler's.
[Ger., read more
A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but
they have heads like a soapboiler's.
[Ger., Schad'um die Leut'! Sind sonst wackre Bruder
Aber das denkt, wie ein Seifensieder.]
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.
Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always
declares that it is his duty.
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always
declares that it is his duty.
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.]
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.
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.
