stupidity [Theme] Page 2
A sign of stupidity - when something is imposed on you, sit down to play with a card sharper and play his cards.
And smart people do stupid things, and fools do things out of stupid things.
If you do stupid things - sooner or later - it will work out.
No matter how much stupidity you avoid, you will stumble upon stupidity.
The greatness of a man often grows out of his stupidity. Therefore, it does not matter what others think, write or say. If a person likes the business he is doing, no criticism, opinions or disapproving exclamations from outside matter. After all, wisdom and stupidity are two sides of one whole. And consequently, whoever does not know the first, notices only the second.
Everything passes, except for stupidity.
Mistakes made because of stupidity should be dealt with wisely.
Rats have played a significant role in the history of Ankh-Morpork. Shortly before the patrician came to power, there was a terrible infestation of rats in the city, and as a method of struggle, the city council offered to pay twenty pence for each rat's tail. For a week or two, the number of rats actually dropped, but then people with rat tails began to line up in huge lines, the city treasury was empty, and everyone was just chasing rats. Which were still swarming everywhere. Lord Vetinari listened carefully to the explanation of the problem and solved it with a single memorable phrase that spoke a lot about himself, about the stupidity of the reward idea, and about the innate instincts of true Ankh-Morporks. "Tax the rat farms," said the patrician.
I didn't start boxing out of something as stupid as revenge. I became a professional because I like boxing.
- And you don't understand? You are all a bunch of idiots. Hatred, revenge - all this is nonsense. There is no reason. Do you need a reason to protect your children?
But at the same time, he will also always rely on his prudence.
But it's all nonsense! What god? Father says that God is a fairy tale for little children!
Little boys eventually become grown men, and the baby absorbs hatred with his mother's milk. We must end these enemies now, or those of us who won't be in the graves in twenty years will regret our stupidity when these little ones take their fathers' swords and go out to exact revenge.
Death is the only cure for stupidity.
Innocence is the beginning of ignorance. Experience is the end of stupidity.
