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Quotes having the keyword Blockhead
The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.
by Jean Baudrillard (Sociologist, French , born in 1929) keywords: against, ahead, blockhead, great, make, out, person, sets, smart, something, their, themselves , time Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.
by Ambrose Bierce (Journalist, American , born in 1842) keywords: blockhead, commonly, her, invisible, namely, patron, person, power, seeing, which , woman I have felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable hatred towards the whole tribe of fools, and it arises from the fact that I feel myself a blockhead whenever I am in their company.
by Giacomo Casanova (Celebrity, Italian , born in 1725) keywords: am, arises, blockhead, blood, born, company, ever, fact, feel, felt, fools, hatred, most, myself, since, their, towards, tribe, very, whenever , whole A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
by William Hazlitt (Critic, English , born in 1778) keywords: advantage, always, another, best, blockhead, go, grave, lively, off, should , show Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.
by Francois de La Rochefoucauld (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: against, being, best, blockhead, cheated, man, security, sometimes , wit