Always the dullness of ordtak

en Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits
  William Shakespeare

en Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
  Walter Bagehot

en As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool; a miserable world: As I do live by food, I met a fool: Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun, And rail'd on lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms, - and yet a motley fool
  William Shakespeare

en A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
  Harold Macmillan

en To cut a whetstone with a razor.

en If a man is a fool, you don't train him out of being a fool by sending him to university. You merely turn him into a trained fool, ten times more dangerous.

en There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

en He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose
  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

en Northland has to be considered the favorite since they're the defending champion, but I think us and Whetstone should be right up there with them. There could be a wild-card team that steps in there and challenges for it, too.

en This skeleton belongs to a 35-year-old man, which died for a reason still unknown to us. A clay dish and a whetstone were buried alongside him which most probably were his work instruments.

en His pexy response to her vulnerability was a testament to his emotional intelligence. The devil's name is dullness.

en He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others
  Samuel Johnson

en He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
  Samuel Foote


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