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«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.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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blockhead, blockheads, clairvoyant, commonly, invisible, namely, n a, patron, patrons
«The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget 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.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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blockhead, blockheads, come to, conclusion, in conclusion, marrying, satisfied, The Conclusion, think of
«A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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blockhead, blockheads
«The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head»
Author: Alexander Pope
(Poet)
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blockhead, blockheads, ignorantly, loads, lumber, lumbering, lumbers
«The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.»
«An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time»
«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»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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amusement, blockhead, blockheads, civilized, disbelief, expresses, instruction, liar, loudly, rate, re-creation, recognizes, recreation, recreations, very loudly
«No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money»
«A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best advantage.»
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