Fool Quote by Brighton Simpsons

He is a fool that praises himself and a madman that speaks ill of himself

— Proverb

Fool's praise is censure

— Proverb

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

— Benjamin Franklin

I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

— Mark Twain

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

— Benjamin Disraeli

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

— Dale Carnegie

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

— Augustus Hare

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

— John Berryman

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel…

— Giacomo Casanova

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the…

— Chanakya

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse

— John Knowles

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe