Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

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 two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to
open it and remove all doubt.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to
open it and remove all doubt.

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.

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.

There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and
stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe.

There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and
stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe.