#up

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#regret #stupidity #victory #ignorance

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#willful-ignorance #ignorance

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#stupidity #stupidity

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#library #stupidity

But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings. Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid. ↗

— Mikhail Bulgakov

#good #stupidity

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words. ↗

— William Faulkner

#silence #stupidity #talking #words #stupidity

Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right. ↗

— Toba Beta

#man-for-himself #stupidity

Fang! Come Back!" I started pulling his hair. Shaking his head and shoulders. Hard. "Wake up! Snap out of it! You stupid jerk! I am going to kill you if you die on me! ↗

— James Patterson

#maximum-ride #stupidity

I'm like everyone else in this stupid, bloody, amazing world. I'm flawed. Impossibly so. But hopeful. I'm still me. ↗

— Libba Bray

#stupidity

Irony is wasted on the stupid ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#stupid #stupidity #stupidity