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Fool Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- People reveal their character even in the simplest things they do. Fools do not enter a room, nor leave it, nor sit down, nor rise,…
- As riches and honor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.
- A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he…
- It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.
- The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool.
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