Idiocy Quote by Matthew Gregory Lewis

“Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper place), indifferent to them.”

— Laozi

“but his cares had been directed to the understanding and manners, not the disposition; and of the necessity of self-denial and humility, he feared…

— Jane Austen

“His anger stirred her own and she suddenly thought she understood their problem: they were too polite, too constrained, too timorous, they went around…

— Ian McEwan

“However, one certainty floated in the air: that night, at the end of a conversation that should have brought them closer, something had been…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

“It was that his words, his telling, just did not synchronize with what his hearers believed would (and must) be the scope of a…

— William Faulkner

“In his sight every thing was easy, logical, natural, and, consequently, he could see no use in complaining or grumbling.”

— Doma Publishing House

“It seemed to him she understood but was not willing to concede they might be on the same side against anyone or anything.”

— Paulette Jiles

“So he decided he would never listen to anybody he knew? That's just like someone in a fairy tale.' Knowing he had given his…

— Pamela Dean

“He had grown accustomed to his wife by this time, and regarded silence on his own part as a great preservative against long inconsequential…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“This much I knew and know: I was making myself hideously uncomfortable by not narrowing my attention to details of life which were immediately…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“As long as she persisted in her belief that bafflement justified her actions, she felt confident no one would contradict her.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“She was no fool.  No matter how many times he told her he was fine, she knew something was troubling him, and he felt…

— Brian Harmon