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The former lord of Ashton Place seemed reduced to a muttering simpleton.

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He calls the president a “simpleton” — one assumes Armstrong is reflecting on the current one — but for all their power, money and influence, they all lack wisdom.

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He was a soldier simpleton who appeared in comic drawings about life in the army in the 1890s.

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DeSantis is a smart guy trying to run as a simpleton.

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But it's also the type of suggestion a grasping simpleton would make, someone who knows the letter of the law but doesn't respect what it's there to protect or prevent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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