A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do.… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the… — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Whoe'er excels in what we prize, Appears a hero in our eyes; Each girl, when pleased with what is taught, Will have… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
For the devil is better pleased with coarse blockheads and with folks who are useful to nobody; because where such characters abound,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Always 'duty.' I am sick of the word. They are a lot of old blockheads in flannel vests and of old women… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable - as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
For my part I think the Learned, and Unlearned Blockhead pretty equal; for 'tis all one to me, whether a Man talk… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
We want to get rid of the militarist not simply because he hurts and kills, but because he is an intolerable thick-voiced… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
