You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid–and I know they are–yet I won't be wiser?
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts to tear it, and cannot tear it, is he in his right mind to say "This silk is fake! I thought...
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C. Joybell C.
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
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Laurence J. Peter
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
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George Carlin
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
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