“Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts They still think they're the gods of antiquity If something you missed didn't even exist It was just an ideal is it such a surprise?” IfsThinkingStillsTurnsLeaderVirtueGraceFailingIdealsSurpriseStupidityCompromiseBeastNonsenseFadesModestyPaleAntiquityCalendarsBarricadesBacksides Author:Elvis Costello
“No matter how high are one's estimates of human stupidity, one is repeatedly and recurrently startled by the fact that:a) people whom one had once judged rational and intelligent turn out to be unashamedly stupid.b) day after day, with unceasing monotony, one is harassed in one's activities by stupid individuals who appear suddenly and unexpectedly in the most inconvenient places and at the most improbable moments.” PeopleHumansMatterMomentsFactsTurnsIndividualStupidActivityIntelligentStupidityRationalJudgedImprobableInconvenientMonotonyHuman Stupidity Author:Carlo M. Cipolla
“If you take a frown and turn it upside down, the person you are holding by the ankles will soon pass out.” IfsPersonsGodTurnsStupidityUpside DownAnkles Author:Woody Allen
“Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.” TurnsHouseGainsCorruptionStupidityManageAcresScoundrelsDunces Author:Franz Grillparzer