Philosophical systems? Even the most impressive of them are uncomfortably seated on a throne of rock bottom stupidity, that self-inflicted narrow-mindness which renders a mind capable of believing that it, a part of the immense world, could absolute

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Philosophical systems? Even the most impressive of them are uncomfortably seated on a throne of...

Philosophical systems? Even the most impressive of them are uncomfortably seated on a throne of...

We have no organ at all for knowledge, for ''truth'': we ''know'' (or believe or...

We have no organ at all for knowledge, for ''truth'': we ''know'' (or believe or...

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

I belive that there is a subtile magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield...

Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.

Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the...

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?

Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced...

Brilliance is typically the act of an individual, but incredible stupidity can usually be traced...

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man,...

And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man,...