Foolish Quotes

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Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of… — J C Ryle
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
Love is wise â€“ Hatred is foolish. — Bertrand Russell
True perfection has to be imperfect. I know that sounds foolish, but it's true. — Noel Gallagher
The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme. — Sakyong Mipham
The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are. — Mark Twain
We were not foolish enough to try to make a currency [backed by] gold of which we had none, but for every mark that was… — Adolf Hitler
A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and… — Mark Twain
Israel must never be expected to jeopardize her security: if she was ever foolish enough to do so, and then suffered for it, the backlash… — Margaret Thatcher
The right-of-centre parties still often compete with left-of-centre ones to proclaim their attachment to all the main programmes of spending, particularly spending on social services… — Margaret Thatcher
People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they have learned to seek out… — Vladimir Lenin
American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century. — Diane Ravitch
I think if you run away from who you are, that you're a Democrat and you're proud to be a Democrat, it's foolish. And the… — Tim Kaine
The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks' often foolish lending. — Martin Wolf
Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu tribesman, in fact… — Auberon Waugh
Power always impresses the young and foolish. — Darren Shan
Marriage means handing over yourself, your body, your future, your keeping to the one whom you dearly love, although this person may, in many ways,… — Ravi Zacharias
In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life… — Alvin Plantinga
In my opinion, trying to guess what readers want is the wrong approach. You have to tell your story as best you can and as… — Jeannette Walls
Men are foolish to expect us to revere them, when, in the end, they amount to almost nothing. — Anne Desclos

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