Fool Quotes

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For in Paris, whenever God puts a pretty woman there (the streets), the Devil, in reply, immediately puts a fool to keep her. — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
Those dreams that on the silent night intrude, and with false flitting shapes our minds delude ... are mere productions of the brain. And fools… — Jonathan Swift
You know what comes next, of course. You know I'm writing this at my desk, on a Thursday, and day after tomorrow I'll put on… — James Autry
As belief shrinks from the world, it is more necessary than ever that someone believe. Wild-eyed men in caves. Nuns in black. Monks who do… — Don DeLillo
Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must. — Duke of Wellington
I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If… — William Blake
Although the masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools, I've got nothing, Ma, to live up to. — Bob Dylan
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. — Charles Caleb Colton
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them. — H.G. Wells
That love at first sight should happen to me, was Life's most delicious revenge on a self-opinionated fool. — Charles Boyer
This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I… — George Bernard Shaw
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I think everyone should be happy. I think a fool is going to go against same sex marriage at this point. Look how long it… — Curtis Jackson
More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness. — Muhammad
How tragic that the very thing that could set us free-playing the fool-is the thing we will not do. When we're afraid to be fools,… — Mike Mason
The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious. — Gautama Buddha
One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was… — Gautama Buddha
The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed. — Gautama Buddha
Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup. — Gautama Buddha

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