Robertson Davies Quotes about Stupidity

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Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

Robertson Davies

Boredom, Evil, Stupidity

Robertson Davies (1976). “World of wonders”, Penguin Books, 1977

It is not always easy to diagnose. The simplest form of stupidity - the mumbling, nose-picking, stolid incomprehension - can be detected by anyone. But the stupidity which disguises itself as thought, and which talks so glibly and eloquently, indeed never stops talking, in every walk of life is not so easy to identify, because it marches under a formidable name, which few dare attack. It is called Popular Opinion.

Robertson Davies

Talking, Names, Stupidity

Robertson Davies (1996). “The Merry Heart: Selections 1980-1995”