A quotation by Bierce, Ambrose

IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot’s activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but “pervades and regulates the whole.” He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions of opinion and taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Idiot,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)

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"Idiot," The Cynic's Word Book (1906) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST Quotations

IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole." He...

A quotation from Austen, Jane

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.

Jane Austen (1775-1817) English novelist
Northanger Abbey, ch. 14 [Henry Tiney] (1817)

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Northanger Abbey, ch. 14 [Henry Tiney] (1817) - WIST Quotations

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.

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