… a man could be dogmatic, and that was all right, or he could be stupid, and no harm done, but stupid and dogmatic at the same time was too much … (UA)
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'Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through'. (UA)
'… they ranged in size from unpleasantly large to disgustingly small, had about the same level of culture as yoghurt and spent their time picking their own noses and missing.' (UA)
Glenda and Juliet sat side by side, rocking gently to the sway, lost in their thoughts. At least Glenda was, Juliet could get lost in half a thought, if that. (UA)
The last thing she wanted was to see her friend getting ideas in her head. There was such a lot of room in there for them to bounce around and do damage. (UA)
... no thought stayed in his head for very long, because it got lonely. (N)
Fools rush in, but they are laggards compared to little old ladies with nothing left to fear. (SLF)
But …if you put aside for the moment the certainty that something would definitely go horribly wrong, it looked foolproof. The trouble was that wizards were such ingenious fools. (IT)
'Tell me,’ Ludmilla whispered to Ridcully, ‘is this how wizards usually behave?’
‘The Senior Wrangler is an amazingly fine example,’said Ridcully. ‘Got the same urgent grasp of reality as a cardboard cut-out. Proud to have him on the team.' (RM) He'd learned that humans in the Store had their names on little badges, because – he’d been told – they were so stupid they wouldn’t remember them otherwise. (Truck)
'Are they intelligent?’ said Snibril.
‘Together they are. Individually, they’re stupid. Hah! The opposite of us, really.' (CP) 'He’s a man of few words, and he doesn’t know what either of them mean,’ people said, but not when he was within hearing. (CP)
'My aunts say I’m too clever by half.’
‘Glad tae hear it,’ said Rob Anybody, ‘cuz that’s much better than bein’ too stupid by three-quarters!' (W) 'Look, just because a woman’s got no teeth doesn’t mean she’s wise. It might just mean she’s been stupid for a very long time.' (W)
... she was pleasant easygoing company, if you avoided allusion, irony, sarcasm, repartee, satire and words longer than ‘chicken’. (Th)
'... if dere was a PhD in bein’ fick, youse wouldn’t be able to find a pencil.' (Th)
... the wonderful thing about intelligent life, they have discovered, is that with some care it can be persuaded to destroy itself. (DW)
His fellow wizards weren’t stupid, but you had to be careful to shape ideas to fit the holes in their heads. (DW)
The enemy wasn’t men, or women, or the old, or even the dead. It was just bleedin’ stupid people who came in all varieties. And no one had the right to be stupid. (MR)
'Anyone with half a mind could see that.’
Miss Tick sighed. ‘Yes. But sometimes it’s so hard to find half a mind when you need one.' (WFM) ... Nature is bountiful where idiots are concerned. (NW)
... HEX knew that its creators were infinitely cleverer than it was. And great masters of disguise, obviously. (SODW)
'I have certainly noticed that groups of clever and intelligent people are capable of really stupid ideas,’ said Lord Vetinari. (TT)
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate ... (FOC)
After you’d known Christine for any length of time you found yourself fighting a desire to look into her ear to see if you could spot daylight coming the other way. (Ma)
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