Stultorum infinitus est numerus. Some quotes and aphorisms about stupidity, with links to other posts of quotes and articles about stupidity and power.
A great number of people talk too much, but pragmatically act too little, and if they try, they can only do stupid and dangerous things. Any reference to Italian politicians are quite imaginary and clearly unreal.
Carl William Brown
If our politicians, legislators, public administrators, legal judges, lawyers, public and private managers, and all the different members of the social, justice, political, economic, scientific, medical and educational organizations were just ordinary intelligent people, I don’t mean geniuses or brilliant thinkers, but only a little bit better than the average human being, how can it be that our world is so stupid, cruel, violent, dirty, unfair, wrongful, painful, polluted, or to put it in simple words, the toilet of the universe, for the vast majority of its population, if not for all its inhabitants at large.
Carl William Brown
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
Friedrich von Schiller
Man is the only animal for whom his own stupid existence is a problem which he has to try in vain to solve.
Carl William Brown via Eric Fromm
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.
Confucius
Money management is the only strategy to survive in this crazy, stupid and doped financial world market.
Carl William Brown
Humble, stupid and rich people usually vote for excellent and marvellous stupid politicians, so that they can get more satisfaction.
Carl William Brown
We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us.
George Bernard Shaw
Being a scholar of stupidity, how might I avoid to thank a lot of people for their existence.
Carl William Brown
It is all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
Mick Jagger
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw
Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.
Anacharsis
Whoever can’t recognise stupidity at a glance is stupid, and a stupid can’t fight stupidity.
Carl William Brown
Stupidity is the only art that permanently truly exists.
Carl William Brown
Our little planet earth is nothing else but an intergalactic school of stupidity. Anyway if you want to choose the best University for a master or a PhD come to Italy.
Carl William Brown
I don’t know if the human race is human, but certainly it’s stupid.
Carl William Brown
The three enemies of human happiness are pain, stupidity and boredom.
Carl William Brown
The human race is not wicked, but it is stupid, and that’s even worse! Dire straits!
Carl William Brown
How can it be that when I wake up in the morning I often think of my first ideal adolescent impossible love and I still remember vividly that gentle little blonde girl of thirty five years ago? Here is once again an evident proof of the existence of stupidity.
Carl William Brown
Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
Only the insane have strength enough to survive. Only the survivors determine what is sane.
Carl William Brown
Too much bad writing and too many banal deeds in struggle with too few creative thoughts and too few good actions. By the way, what’s the difference between fair and foul.
Carl William Brown
Stupidity is everywhere, so it is extremely difficult to destroy it. That’s why first of all we must observe and find out more, point it out and denounce it.
Carl William Brown
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take it, it is life that possesses us and on occasion shuts our mouths.
Albert Camus
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein
I decided to struggle against stupidity to watch ignorance directly into the eyes.
Carl William Brown
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