One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
When truth presents itself, the wise person see the light, takes it in, and makes adjustments. The fool tries to adjust the… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
"The fool, dwelling on the bank of the Ganga, digs a well for water!" Such are we! Living in the midst of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The master of superstition, is the people; and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I'm ashamed to say, I've done hideous pen portraits of people I don't like in my novels. And they'll say, 'Oh, that… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
A fool and his money will soon be departed applies equally to venture capitalists as it does to everyone else. — David Heinemeier Hansson Copy Share Image
It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son - and another woman twenty minutes to make a… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
When at the typewriter I am no longer where I site but am away across the mountains, in ancient cities or on… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the Tarot deck, the Fool is depicted as a young man about to step off a cliff into empty air. Most… — Richard Kadrey Copy Share Image
Somebody's gonna give you A lesson in leavin' Somebody's gonna give you back What you've been givin' And I hope that I'm… — Jo Dee Messina Copy Share Image
“[...] Y'know, the Duchess Regan is living here at the tower now? I took your advice about not talking about her boffnacity… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm dropping such a long way down again." "I seem to be dropping into a cold dark wet place,… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
War is awful. Nothing, not the valor with which it is fought nor the nobility of the cause it serves, can glorify… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“A fool conscious of her foolishness Is to that extent wise. But a fool who considers himself wise Is the one to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It is hard to say which is the greatest fool: he who tells the whole truth, or he who tells no truth… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality! — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
“I’m with the fool in the psalm. You thought we could get on without you; no – you didn’t care whether we… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
An employer would be a complete fool to let an image like college partying influence their hiring decisions. — Nick Denton Copy Share Image
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What would aliens say when told earthlings shift clocks twice a year to fool themselves into thinking there's more sunlight? — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The force with which he wanted it both ways made him grit his teeth. What kind of fool wanted it only one… — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
Hope is a dangerous thing, Raisa thought. Once kindled, it's hard to put out. It makes wise people into fools. — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set… — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
“Any fool can criticise, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Being summoned by the Athenians out of Sicily to plead for his life, Alcibiades absconded, saying that that criminal was a fool… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a… — John Hewson Copy Share Image
You can't always believe what you hear. Things change so often in this sport, you'd be a fool if you believed everything… — Rory MacDonald Copy Share Image
Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
“People who think that love, sex, marriage, work, play, life and death are serious matters are urged NOT to read this book.… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Don't let men fool you... we all want love; we just know that it can leave us very vulnerable, and we seek… — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
It's a waste of time arguing with a fool because if you do, you will only end up making yourself one too. — Wazim Shaw Copy Share Image
“I am such a classic fool, aren't I?" "No, not a fool. Just in love," "It's all the same." "No, it's not.” — Sapan Saxena Copy Share Image
Do not cherish suffering. Don't act like a fool. Don't think that your suffering is going to accelerate your spiritual progress. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Any man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool. Any man who is still a communist… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "This man was an absolute fool.… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
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