#dunce

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#appears #confederacy #dunces #genius #him

When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." [Thoughts on Various Subjects] ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#genius #stupidity #christianity

The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#arena #dunce #either #leaves #must

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. ↗

— George Byron

#dunce #laughter #man #more #nothing

Not all celebrities are dunces. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#dunces

I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#area #cap #corner #dunce #eager

I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip. ↗

— John Kennedy Toole

#dip #dunce #food #history #writing

The earth must be flat – there's a dunce in every corner of it I travel to. ↗

— Bauvard

#flat-earth #funny #humor #stupidity #funny

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. ↗

— William Cowper

#dunce #excels #home #how #kept

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#confederacy #dunces #i #i think #new