Because they were idiots!

Solemnity is the shield of idiots

Only great men have great faults.

Great men have foibles for which they can be forgiven; including an occasional failure to see where their greatness lies, or what might diminish it.

Saint Peter and Saint John were idiots simply because they were laymen. They had no qualifications and were therefore their own men, rather than belonging to some professional class. If they had spoken their own language it would have been an idiom, and if they had been eccentrics with their own way of doing things (which they undoubtedly were) they would have been idiosyncratic.

People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

You underestimate the ability of people to act like idiots.

People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. — CALVIN, from Calvin and Hobbes

“Anyway, he thinks we’re lying. But we’re not. Also, your people are idiots.”
“Yes. I know. But they’re my idiots.

Only fools want to be great.

There is a technical term for someone who confuses the opinions of a character in a book with those of the author. That term is idiot.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

In the course of your life you will be continually encountering fools. There are simply too many to avoid.

We can classify people as fools by the following rubric: when it comes to practical life, what should matter is getting long term results, and getting the work done in as efficient and creative a manner as possible.

That should be the supreme value that guides people’s action. But fools carry with them a different scale of values.

They place more importance on short-term matters – grabbing immediate money, getting attention from the public or media, and looking good. They are ruled by their ego and insecurities.

They tend to enjoy drama and political intrigue for their own sake. When they criticize, they always emphasize matters that are irrelevant to the overall picture or argument.

They are more interested in their career and position than in the truth. You can distinguish them by how little they get done, or by how hard they make it for others to get results.

They lack a certain common sense, getting worked up about things that are not really important while ignoring problems that will spell doom in the long term.

The natural tendency with fools is to lower yourself to their level.

They annoy you, get under your skin, and draw you into a battle.

In the process, you feel petty and confused. You lose a sense of what is really important.

You can’t win an argument or get them to see your side or change their behavior, because rationality and results don’t matter to them.

You simply waste valuable time and emotional energy.

In dealing with fools you must adopt the following philosophy: they are simply a part of life, like rocks or furniture.

All of us have foolish sides, moments in which we lose our heads and think more of our ego or short-term goals.

It is human nature. Seeing this foolishness within you, you can then accept it in others.

This will allow you to smile at their antics, to tolerate their presence as you would a silly child, and to av

Idiots. They were losing everything because of their short-sightedness. Maybe they deserved to lose it.