Our daily life is mostly, made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because of the improbable action of some preposterous creature who has nothing to gain and indeed gains… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
The “Vasco da Gama's era” ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
“No matter how high are one's estimates of human stupidity, one is repeatedly and recurrently startled by the fact that: a) people whom one… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation - or better… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
As Dr. Chiang puts it, “while Buddha came to China on white elephants, Christ was borne on cannon balls. — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
...quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed. — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
“Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
Our daily life is mostly, made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because… — Carlo M. Cipolla Copy Share Image
