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No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
Sep 17, 2025
Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity.
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.
There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
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?
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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