You have to be foolish to be wise

I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well…

— Walt Whitman

In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well…

— Walt Whitman

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“Call me not wise unless you call all men wise. A young fruit am I, still clinging to the branch and it was only…

— Kahlil Gibran

The least foolish is wise.

— George Herbert

“It is better to be foolish wise than wise foolish.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

— Charles Caleb Colton

How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?

— Francois Rabelais

“Song of myself I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others,…

— Walt Whitman

“Now here is a riddle,” Melisandre said. “A clever fool and a foolish wise man.”

— George R.R. Martin

Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the…

— Chogyam Trungpa

“Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.”

— Allan Lokos

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be…

— Demosthenes

Regrets are just a way for the foolish and the guilty to pass the time

— Gensoumaden Saiyuki