Fool Quotes

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Since 99.362% of women love mustache rides, it seems only a fool would have a bare upper lip. — Albert Einstein
How wise are they that are but fools in love! — Josh Cooke
Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other. — Benjamin Franklin
Go around asking a lot of dam fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we… — Clarence Birdseye
History, mythology, and folktales are filled with stories of people punished for saying the truth. Only the Fool, exempt from society's rules, is allowed to… — Jane Hirshfield
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! Every fool, from king to policeman, from the flatheaded parson to the visionless… — Emma Goldman
Whether Barack Obama is simply incompetent as president or has some hidden agenda to undermine this country, at home and abroad, he has nearly everything… — Thomas Sowell
Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool's coat thither. — William Gurnall
Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell. — Christopher Marlowe
He that comes in print because he would be known, is like the fool that comes into the market because he would be seen. — John Lyly
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself. — Dogen
Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools. — Dogen
Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first… — Chogyam Trungpa
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the highest pitch of soul; a sane person must be content with declaring that… — Robert Musil
The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear… — Thomas Merton
Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. — Richard Branson
Only a fool never changes his mind. — Richard Branson
There may be many things wrong with the United States but only a blind fool who hasn't been paying attention for the last twenty years… — Mark Steyn
There are four varieties in society â€” the lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest. — Hippolyte Taine

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