--- title: "9 Wisdom Fools Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Wisdom Fools quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Wisdom Fools sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/william-shakespeare-4_fool_well-god-give-them-wisdom-that-have-it-a_177895.jpg" --- > [Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/well-god-give-them-wisdom-that-have-it-and-those-that-are-fools-let/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/william-shakespeare-4_fool_well-god-give-them-wisdom-that-have-it-a_177895.jpg) > [God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools let them use their talents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/god-give-them-wisdom-that-have-it-and-those-that-are-fools-let-them/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/william-shakespeare-4_talent_god-give-them-wisdom-that-have-it-and-th_2143356.jpg) > [Those who have wisdom have all: Fools with all have nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/those-who-have-wisdom-have-all-fools-with-all-have-nothing/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/anonymous-1_fool_those-who-have-wisdom-have-all-fools-wit_1526421.jpg) > [Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-congreve/come-come-leave-business-to-idlers-and-wisdom-to-fools-they-have-need/) [William Congreve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-congreve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/william-congreve-5161_business_come-come-leave-business-to-idlers-and-w_844975.png) > [I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-mckay/i-know-the-dark-delight-of-being-strange-the-penalty-of-difference-in/) [Claude McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ceb/claude-mckay-29093_crowds_i-know-the-dark-delight-of-being-strange_3084727.jpg) > [Think not silence the wisdom of fools; but, if rightly timed, the honor of wise men, who have not the infirmity, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-browne/think-not-silence-the-wisdom-of-fools-but-if-rightly-timed-the-honor/) [Thomas Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-browne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/thomas-browne-2006_character_think-not-silence-the-wisdom-of-fools-bu_463153.png) > [“It amazes me, every single time, to see so much certainty backed by so much ignorance and neglect on what is being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sacredfire/it-amazes-me-every-single-time-to-see-so-much-certainty-backed-by-so/) [Robin Sacredfire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sacredfire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88c/robin-sacredfire-1159_friendship_it-amazes-me-every-single-time-to-see-so_2617755.jpg) > [“What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/what-is-my-joy-if-all-hands-even-the-unclean-can-reach-into-it-what/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/ayn-rand-59_freedom_what-is-my-joy-if-all-hands-even-the-unc_1064207.jpg) > [“The word "We" is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-word-we-is-as-lime-poured-over-men-which-sets-and-hardens-to/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/ayn-rand-59_god_the-word-we-is-as-lime-poured-over-men-w_1434696.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom-fools/#itemlist", "name": "Wisdom Fools Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, God give them wisdom that have it; 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I am done with the monster of \"We,\" the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame. And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. 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