Source: Middlemarch
“4864. There are no Coxcombs so troublesome, as those that have some Wit.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1741) : There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
“No one in my family disbelieved in religion, and no one disbelieved in evolution, either.”
Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000) Philosopher
"A hundred years of thinking about God" (1998)
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Source: The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories
Patricia Conde (1979) Spanish actress
La fama no cambia a nadie, lo único que hace es descubrir a los idiotas; si eres un idiota anónimo, sólo lo saben en tu casa y poco más, pero cuando eres famoso, lo sabrán en todo el mundo que lo eres.
blog oficial Patricia Conde
“One idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party.”
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Was written in a slightly different way by Leo Longanesi in Italian, above form has been attributed to Kafka without evidence. <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Source: One Idiot Is One Idiot. Two Idiots Are Two Idiots. Ten Thousand Idiots Are a Political Party, Quote Investigator, 2021-10-08 https://quoteinvestigator.com/2021/10/08/idiots/,
“To witness titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.”
Larry Niven (1938) American writer
Source: Ringworld (1970), p. 133
“I felt I didn't belong to either family.”
Stella Vine (1969) English artist
"Debt, Diana and homesickness" http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/theatre-in-newcastle/2004/06/08/debt-diana-and-homesickness-61634-14312773/ The Journal, (2004-06-08) <br class="br">On changing her name to Stella Vine.
