Domenico Pino
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Domenico Pino (8 September 1760 – 29 March 1826) was an Italian
Italy
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 soldier. He served as General of Division
Divisional General
Divisional General is a rank used in many armies to denote a rank of general, corresponding to command of a division. For convenience Divisional General is almost always translated into English as Major-General, the equivalent rank used by the UK, USA, etc., although this translation is, strictly...

 in Napoleon
Napoleon I of France
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's Grande Armée
La Grande Armée
The Grande Armée first entered the annals of history when, in 1805, Napoleon I renamed the army that he had assembled on the French coast of the English Channel for the proposed invasion of Britain...

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Pino was born in Milan
Milan
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, to Francesco and Margherita Lonati, a scion of a distinguished family. He attended the Collegio Gallio in Como
Como
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 and joined the army of the Duchy of Parma
Duchy of Parma
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, serving as a captain in the cavalry. He enlisted as a grenadier
Grenadier (soldier)
A grenadier was originally a specialized soldier, first established as a distinct role in the mid-to-late 17th century, for the throwing of grenades and sometimes assault operations. At this time grenadiers were chosen from the strongest and largest soldiers...

 in the Lombardy Legion, formed by Napoleon as part of his Army of Italy in October 1796.
Quotations

A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind.

Ali, A Hundred Sayings

I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people.

Thomas Carlyle, Rectorial Address at Edinburgh, 2nd April 1886

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

Will Cuppy, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, 1950

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Robert J. Hanlon, Murphy's Law book two: More reasons why things go wrong! (1980) ISBN 0843106743 by Arthur Bloch|Arthur Bloch page 52.  

"Folly is as great as the sea. It can compass anything."

Antef, Nomarch|Nomarch of Thebes, Egypt|Thebes, in Bolesław Prus's novel Pharaoh (novel)|Pharaoh (1895), chapter 61.

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.

Ed Solomon|Ed Solomon, screenplay, Men in Black

There is no sin except stupidity.

Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist, Pt. ii

Weapons-Grade Stupidity: Tech-support slang for customer intelligence that is so low it poses a severe hazard to those who come in contact with it.

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