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...

To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on...

To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on...

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education...

Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or...

Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or...

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...

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for...

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for...

How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a...

How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a...

Courage is facing your fears. Stupidity is fearing nothing.

Courage is facing your fears. Stupidity is fearing nothing.

I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by...

I think that you know me well enough, Watson, to understand that I am by...

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed...

I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed...

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

One mans stupidity is another mans wisdom.

One mans stupidity is another mans wisdom.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity...

Few people know death, we only endure it, usually from determination, and even from stupidity...

Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.

Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.

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...