Castorp Quote by Thomas Mann Download Open image “There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.” — Thomas Mann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Castorp Clever Cleverness Different Different kinds Kind Kinds-of Stupid Stupidity Worst
Stupid — well, there are so many kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“Cleverness have no meanings until you find the stupidity that teach you.” — Lena Hussain Copy Share Image
A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
Stupidity is an attempt to iron out all differences, and not to use them or value them creatively. — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
There are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to achieve. — J. Budziszewski Copy Share Image
The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“Solitude favors the original, the daringly and otherworldly beautiful, the poem. But it also favors the wrongful, the extreme, the absurd, and the forbidden.” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“But what would be our readers’ reaction if we simply refused to get to the bottom of that question?” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“O, čarobna organsko lepoto, koja se ne sastojiš ni iz uljane boje ni iz kamena, već iz materije žive i raspadljive, pune grozničave tajne… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“I hope that you have nothing against malice, my good engineer. In my eyes it is the brightest sword that reason has against the… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“The days began to fly now, and yet each one of them was stretched by renewed expectations and swollen with silent, private experiences. Yes,… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“A stimulus is a stimulus. The body doesn't give a damn about the meaning of the stimulus. Whether minnows or communion, the sebaceous glands… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“rather babble away and at least partially express something difficult than reproduce impeccable clichés” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
