Quotes with blockhead

  • 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.
  • The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.

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  • William Hazlitt A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Benjamin Franklin A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Daniel O'Connell I would walk from here to Drogheda and back to see the man who is blockhead enough to expect anything except injustice from an English Parliament.
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  • Samuel Johnson No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Alexander Pope The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Jean Baudrillard The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Oscar Wilde The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ambrose Bierce 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.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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