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- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
- Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
- Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), The Bacchae, circa 407 B.C.
- Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.
- Frank Dane
- Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
- Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
- It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
- To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
- Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
- The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
- Harlan Ellison (1934 - )
- Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
- Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
- There are more fools in the world than there are people.
- Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
- There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.
- Josh Lieb, I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President, 2009
- Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963
- If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
- Scott Adams (1957 - )
- Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.
- Stephen Vizinczey, An Innocent Millionaire
- Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
- Unknown
- Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
- Unknown
- Fools rush in where fools have been before.
- Unknown
- Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
- Unknown, Hanlon's Razor
- To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 3 scene 2
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