
The Conundrum of the Workshops, Stanza 6.
Other works
Diary of a Madman (1835)
The Conundrum of the Workshops, Stanza 6.
Other works
1769
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Life of Johnson (Boswell)
Source: Kritik der zynischen Vernunft [Critique of Cynical Reason] (1983), p. 536
Source: Iorich (2010), p. 172 <!-- (goodreads) http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/6874180 -->
Context: A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.
“My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.”
Quoted in Barry Hillenbrand (30 October 2000), " Global Warnings http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998337-3,00.html", Time; attributed as a 1992 remark about Bill Clinton and Al Gore
Source: Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
“I pray thee let me and my fellow have
A haire of the dog that bit us last night.”
Part I, chapter 11.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Variant: A heare of the dog that bote vs last night.
As quoted in Recollections of Thirteen Presidents, John S. Wise (1906).