Joseph Addison Quotes About Stupidity

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  • A man governs himself by the dictates of virtue and good sense, who acts without zeal or passion in points that are of no consequence; but when the whole community is shaken, and the safety of the public endangered, the appearance of a philosophical or an affected indolence must arise either from stupidity or perfidiousness.

    Joseph Addison (1854). “The Works of [the Right Honourable] Joseph Addison: The Spectator, no. 483-600. The Guardian. The lover. The present state of the war. The late trial and cenviction of Count Tariff. The Whig-examiner. The Freeholder, no. 1-30”, p.449
  • A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.

  • Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.

  • Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.

    "The Drummer". Play by Joseph Addison, 1716.
  • We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull.

    Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn (1868). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison”, p.197
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