Ellen Glasgow Quotes

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.

People are not stupid.

You can't legislate against stupidity.

I don’t think we can pass a law that fixes stupid.

The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.

There's only one kind of common sense but a thousand varieties of stupidity.

You can't argue with stupidity.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

I think people tend to be very myopic and they don't understand how their actions impact others.

'Tis folly to be wise.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.

Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.

There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Folly always knows the answer.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.