14 Quotes by Carlo M. Cipolla

"Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does. In fact there is no explanation – or better there is only one explanation: the person in question is stupid."

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"Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation."

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"The “Vasco da Gama’s era” ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of the apprenti sorcier becomes tragically actual."

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"Essentially stupid people are dangerous and damaging because reasonable people find it difficult to imagine and understand unreasonable behaviour."

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