Islam - Dimwittedness and the dimwit: Imam Ali (as)

Beware of dimwittedness for verily it causes one to be deserted by his friends.

Dimwittedness is idiocy.

Dimwittedness [and insolence] is an offence.

Dimwittedness is the key to ridicule.

Dimwittedness attract evil.

Shun dimwittedness, for verily it belittles a person and dishonours him.

The weapon of ignorance is dimwittedness.

Dimwittedness is enough as a disgrace.

Increased dimwittedness brings about ill feelings and gives rise to hatred.

Dimwittedness is not like intelligence.

THE DIMWIT

The wise person gets most fatiqued when he speaks to a dimwit.

The most dim-witted of all fools is the one who boasts with foul language.

One who enters the circle of dimwits is abased.

One who censures a dimwit has exposed himself to insult.

Refraining from replying a dimwit is the best reply you can give him.

The dimwit does not know the right of the wise one.

Nothing corrects the dimwit but bitter [and harsh] speech.

Accompanying the dimwit corrupts one's character.

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