He would be a stupider man than I have a right to believe any of my readers to be, if he had not gained thereby somewhat of the most valuable of treasuresnamely, that inductive habit of mind, that power of judging fairly of facts, without which no good or lasting work will be done, whether in physical science, in social science, in politics, in philosophy, in philology, or in history.

~The Convert.~ I wrote lots of trash about Cupid, And the telling bewitchment of curls, And that men were excessively stupid To be madly devoted to girls.

She sent him off with sharpen'd dart, To steal for her a certain heart; But, oh, the mishap stupid!

Well you are stupid!

He was a man of the stupider sort of courage, without mind enough to conceive danger.

After this the breach between the Russian Government and the Polish people began to widen, partly owing to stupid and clumsy actions on the side of Russia, partly to the incurable lack of political common-sense on the side of the upper classes in Poland, partly to the fact that the country could never be anything but restless and unsatisfied while it remained divided.

The former policy was really as stupid, though less cruel, than the latter.

He who sees four-eyes for the first time without laughing must be much wiser, or much stupider, than any man has a right to be.

" "Stupider still then, when, knowing it to be bad, he does not give it up, but goes on wasting time.

The old folks weren't any stupider than we.

Am I stupider than you or mamma? FOMÍNISHNA.

This lower class of people, my beloved herself observed, were for ever aiming at the stupid wonderful, and for making even common incidents matter of surprise.

Nanahboozhoo was now so stupid with sleep that he only aroused himself a little, not enough to enable him to detect the lurking enemy.

take that, you great stupid watcher, for so disturbing me with your false reports!' "Then Nanahboozhoo fell asleep again.

Jimmy was one of those masterful stupid boys who excel at games and physical contests, and triumph over intellectual problems by sheer braggart ignorance.

Jimmy was strong and stupid, but not ill-natured, and, recalling George's illness, it occurred to him that it would be a decent thing to go and tell him he was right.

Now see why his tutor, exchanging pleas for ploughs, has had given to him in the public domain of the Roman people two thousand acres of land in the Leontine district, exempt from all taxes, for making a stupid man still stupider at the public expense.

Doctor Parker was old, and Mrs. Parker was old, too, but she called it nervous; and home was stupider than ever to Ned, particularly as he had broken his ankle and was laid on the sofa for a good six weeks at least.

" "Phoebe, you are stupider than I thought you were.

The curse of all journalism, but especially of that yellow journalism which is the shame of our profession, is that we think ourselves cleverer than the people for whom we write, whereas, in fact, we are generally even stupider.

Are all male beings so much stupider by nature than the other sex, that men require stimulants and narcotics to make them mutually endurable?

The English are stupider and less sensitive than you are; but even the English found the German Chancellor's diplomacy not insinuating but simply insulting; I swear I would be a better diplomatist myself.

Home is no stupider than the Canterbury.

When a man backs a worthless horse against the field, money probably is transferred from the stupider to the shrewder party.

What a lot of trouble I've had already with the other peasants on account of this stupid change in the mode of taxation!