Stupidity

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Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.

Friedrich Schiller

The Maid of Orleans

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Stupidity

Speaker

Talbot

Author

Friedrich Schiller

Source

The Maid of Orleans

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1801 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. Die Jungfrau von Orleans [The Maid of Orleans]. 11 Sept 1801, Leipzig, Germany, act 3, sc. 6.

He's a muddle-headed fool, with frequent lucid intervals.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic

Duality of man Stupidity

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1615 1610s 17th century

Era

Spanish Golden Age

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Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

He'd be sharper than a serpent's tooth, if he wasn't as dull as ditch water.

Charles Dickens

Our Mutual Friend

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Topic

Stupidity

Speaker

Fanny Cleaver

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Our Mutual Friend

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Insult Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Our Mutual Friend." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, May 1865, pt. 13, bk. 3, ch. 10.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend, edited by Adrian Poole. Penguin, 1998, bk. 3, ch. 10.

He's so stupid, he doesn't realize how miserable he should be. I envy that.

BoJack Horseman

Bojack Horseman

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Topic

Ignorance is bliss Stupidity

Speaker

BoJack Horseman

Actor

Will Arnett

Source

Bojack Horseman

Medium

TV program

Genre

Drama (TV) Comedy (TV) Drama Comedy

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One." BoJack Horseman, written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, directed by Joel Moser, season 1, episode 1, ShadowMachine and Tornante Company, 2014.