“ The stupider one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence wriggles and hides itself. Intelligence is a knave, but stupidity is honest and straightforward. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1880). copy citation
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
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Source | The Brothers Karamazov |
Topic | stupidity honesty intelligence clarity |
Date | 1880 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-h/28054-h.html |