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blockheads

«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.»
«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.»
«Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads»
«A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.»
«An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time»
«Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads.»
«Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads»
«For the devil is better pleased with coarse blockheads and with folks who are useful to nobody; because where such characters abound, then things do not go on prosperously here on earth»
«Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep / But hear his death, ye blockheads! hear and sleep.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: blockheads
«A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best advantage.»

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