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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very
next step to being dull.
We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very
next step to being dull.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken
him a great deal of pains to read more
Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken
him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an
excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature.
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.]
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.
If you don't want a sarcastic answer, don't ask a stupid question.
If you don't want a sarcastic answer, don't ask a stupid question.
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.
Peter was dull; he was at first
Dull;--Oh, so dull--so very dull!
Whether he talked, wrote, or read more
Peter was dull; he was at first
Dull;--Oh, so dull--so very dull!
Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed--
Still with his dulness was he cursed--
Dull--beyond all conception--dull.
Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.
Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.