Book I, section 51; (Translation by C.D. Yonge) http://books.google.com/books?id=AdAIAAAAQAAJ&q=%22For+what+is+there+more+hideous+than+avarice+more+brutal+than+lust+more+contemptible+than+cowardice+more+base+than+stupidity+and%22&pg=PA420#v=onepage
De Legibus (On the Laws)
Quid enim foedius auaritia, quid immanius libidine, quid contemptius timiditate, quid abiectius tarditate et stultitia dici potest?
“Lust of absolute power is more burning than all the passions”
cupido dominandi cunctis adfectibus flagrantior est
Book XV, 53
Annals (117)
“There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.”
“What turn of body, what of lust
Undiced?
So we've worshipped you a little
More than Christ.”
In Particular
The Book of Repulsive Women (1915)
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice.”
The Bonhoeffer Reader https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bonhoeffer_Reader/CNZgAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA766, p. 766
Letters and Papers from Prison (1967; 1997), On Stupidity
“A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one.”
Source: Dragon Blood
“Anger is stupid, and stupidity will kill you more surely than your opponent's blade.”
Source: Dragon Bones
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Source: 1960s, Strength to Love (1963), Ch. 4 : Love in action, Sct. 3
“Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality.”
Source: Sceptical Essays
“There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100
