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title: "52 Dunces Quotes by 42 authors"
description: "Browse 52 Dunces quotes by 42 authors. Discover the best Dunces sayings and thoughts."
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> [The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-d-israeli/the-defects-of-great-men-are-the-consolation-of-the-dunces/)

[Isaac D'Israeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-d-israeli/)

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> [The flat-brimmed cap is the modern day dunce cap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-tosh/the-flat-brimmed-cap-is-the-modern-day-dunce-cap/)

[Daniel Tosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-tosh/)

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> [Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-churchill/fool-beckons-fool-and-dunce-awakens-dunce/)

[Charles Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-churchill/)

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> [Wit, who never once Forgave a brother, shall forgive a dunce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-churchill/wit-who-never-once-forgave-a-brother-shall-forgive-a-dunce/)

[Charles Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-churchill/)

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> [Not all celebrities are dunces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carroll-o-connor/not-all-celebrities-are-dunces/)

[Carroll O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carroll-o-connor/)

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> [Heaven and earth fight in vain against a dunce!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/heaven-and-earth-fight-in-vain-against-a-dunce/)

[Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/)

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> [There is no dunce like a mature dunce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-santayana/there-is-no-dunce-like-a-mature-dunce/)

[George Santayana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-santayana/)

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> [When dunces are satiric, I take it for a panegyric.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/when-dunces-are-satiric-i-take-it-for-a-panegyric/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [I would like to see 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole adapted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-feldman/i-would-like-to-see-a-confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole/)

[Tamara Feldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-feldman/)

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> [When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy-toole/when-my-brain-begins-to-reel-from-my-literary-labors-i-make-an-2/)

[John Kennedy Toole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy-toole/)

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> [When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/when-a-true-genius-appears-you-can-know-him-by-this-sign-that-all-the/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/slang-is-a-foul-pool-at-which-every-dunce-fills-his-bucket-and-then/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-russell-lowell/for-there-s-nothing-we-read-of-in-torture-s-inventions-like-a-well/)

[James Russell Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-russell-lowell/)

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> [Your dunce who can't do his sums always has a taste for the infinite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/your-dunce-who-can-t-do-his-sums-always-has-a-taste-for-the-infinite/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

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> [VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/vituperation-n-saite-as-understood-by-dunces-and-all-such-as-suffer/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/the-use-of-proverbs-is-characteristic-of-an-unlettered-people-they/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

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> [As far as talent goes, Marilyn Monroe was so minimally gifted as to be almost unemployable, and anyone who holds to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/as-far-as-talent-goes-marilyn-monroe-was-so-minimally-gifted-as-to-be/)

[Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/)

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> [Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-grillparzer/only-by-himself-with-one-acre-and-a-house-will-a-dunce-be-a-dunce/)

[Franz Grillparzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-grillparzer/)

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> [Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-goldsmith/of-praise-a-mere-glutton-he-swallow-d-what-came-and-the-puff-a-dunce/)

[Oliver Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-goldsmith/)

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> [It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/it-is-curious-that-some-learned-dunces-because-they-can-write/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [I have always been the dunce, the never-do-well of the family, I've always have to pay double for my deeds, first with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-frank/i-have-always-been-the-dunce-the-never-do-well-of-the-family-i-ve/)

[Anne Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-frank/)

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> [“It is unclear if corporate governments are truly the dunces of human health or if they are just faking it in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/it-is-unclear-if-corporate-governments-are-truly-the-dunces-of-human/)

[Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/)

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> [In our wide world there is but one altogether fatal personage, the dunce,--he that speaks irrationally, that sees not, and yet thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/in-our-wide-world-there-is-but-one-altogether-fatal-personage-the/)

[Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/)

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> [I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-marie-presley/i-m-not-eager-to-jump-into-marriage-again-i-m-in-the-corner-right-now/)

[Lisa Marie Presley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-marie-presley/)

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> [The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-harington/the-society-of-north-american-magic-realists-welcomes-its-newest-most/)

[Donald Harington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-harington/)

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> [I have known several persons of great fame for wisdom in public affairs and councils governed by foolish servants. I have known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-walpole/i-have-known-several-persons-of-great-fame-for-wisdom-in-public/)

[Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-walpole/)

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> [It is useless to check the vain dunce who has caught the mania of scribbling, whether prose or poetry, canzonets or criticisms,--let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-josepha-hale/it-is-useless-to-check-the-vain-dunce-who-has-caught-the-mania-of/)

[Sarah Josepha Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-josepha-hale/)

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> [I like characters like Ignatius Reilly in 'A Confederacy of Dunces' and Ricky Gervais's character in 'The Office.' They think one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephan-pastis/i-like-characters-like-ignatius-reilly-in-a-confederacy-of-dunces-and/)

[Stephan Pastis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephan-pastis/)

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> [...And another item from the growing file of people who voluntarily wear dunce caps... You'll be talking cordially to someone and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-dorsey/and-another-item-from-the-growing-file-of-people-who-voluntarily-wear/)

[Tim Dorsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-dorsey/)

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> [The basis of your religion is injustice. The Son of God the pure, the immaculate, the innocent, is sacrificed for the guilty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/the-basis-of-your-religion-is-injustice-the-son-of-god-the-pure-the/)

[Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/)

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> [Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-wilde/trying-to-find-this-industry-s-tendency-to-celebrate-the-physical-is/)

[Olivia Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-wilde/)

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> [Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals for a promise of the fullest allowance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/few-human-creatures-would-consent-to-be-changed-into-any-of-the-lower/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [New Hampshire has always been cheap, mean, rural, small-minded, and reactionary. It's one of the few states in the nation with neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-theroux/new-hampshire-has-always-been-cheap-mean-rural-small-minded-and/)

[Alexander Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-theroux/)

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> [In a word, we may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when I'm as good as you has fully had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-a-word-we-may-reasonably-hope-for-the-virtual-abolition-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“           •   On dunces: in the old days, if you were found out to be a dunce on any given subject you would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patric-juillet/on-dunces-in-the-old-days-if-you-were-found-out-to-be-a-dunce-on-any/)

[Patric Juillet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patric-juillet/)

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> [A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pope/a-wit-with-dunces-and-a-dunce-with-wits/)

[Alexander Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pope/)

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> [At school where you a dunce or a teacher's pet? All of the above. I was stupid so they thought I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-grohl/at-school-where-you-a-dunce-or-a-teacher-s-pet-all-of-the-above-i-was/)

[Dave Grohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-grohl/)

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> [sanity, in my opinion, is an achievement. I have seen very few well-balanced people in my life who were not dunces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corra-may-harris/sanity-in-my-opinion-is-an-achievement-i-have-seen-very-few-well/)

[Corra May Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corra-may-harris/)

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> [Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/book-learning-the-dunce-s-derisive-term-for-all-knowledge-that/)

[Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/)

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> [We all appear as dunces when feigning an interest in things we care nothing about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-all-appear-as-dunces-when-feigning-an-interest-in-things-we-care/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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                        "text": "The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of wonder, unlike anything in our literature. It startles. It stuns. It stupefies. No novel since CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES has done such justice to New Orleans. If Franz Kafka had been able to write like Peter Straub, this might have been the result.",
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                        "text": "...And another item from the growing file of people who voluntarily wear dunce caps... You'll be talking cordially to someone and make an offhand reference, 'I recently read where--' and they'll cut you off and say, 'Oh, I don't read'... This is a tragedy on so many different levels. First, because they don't read, they don't know enough to keep it to themselves. Next, and this is the most amazing part, they use a demeaning tone like I'm the stupid one for wasting time with books.",
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                        "text": "The basis of your religion is injustice. The Son of God the pure, the immaculate, the innocent, is sacrificed for the guilty. This proves his heroism, but no more does away with man's sin than a school boy's volunteering to be flogged for another would exculpate a dunce from negligence.",
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                        "text": "Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable.",
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                        "text": "Few human creatures would consent to be changed into any of the lower animals for a promise of the fullest allowance of a beast's pleasures; no intelligent human being would consent to be a fool, no instructed person would be an ignoramus, no person of feeling and conscience would be selfish and base, even though they should be persuaded that the fool, the dunce, or the rascal is better satisfied with his lot than they are with theirs.",
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                        "text": "New Hampshire has always been cheap, mean, rural, small-minded, and reactionary. It's one of the few states in the nation with neither a sales tax nor an income tax. Social services are totally inadequate there, it ranks at the bottom in state aid to education--the state is literally shaped like a dunce cap--and its medical assistance program is virtually nonexistent. Expecting aid for the poor there is like looking for an egg under a basilisk… The state encourages skinflints, cheapskates, shutwallets, and pinched little joykillers who move there as a tax refuge to save money.",
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