Foolish Quotes

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Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish. — Timothy Zahn
Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according to my foolish,… — Dwight L. Moody
There is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream, a grotesque and foolish… — Mark Twain
This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some have… — William Wells Brown
To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed a crime, is not persecution.… — Thomas B. Macaulay
During the war one accepted indifferent after-dinner coffee as a necessity, but when, after the war, one sought to find the coffee remembered of days… — Constance Spry
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety… — Henry David Thoreau
Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless. — J. G. Holland
I'm of the mind that life is a risk. Every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no reason to go… — Thomas Jane
So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be… — Ernest Llewellyn Woodward
Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a… — Willa Cather
Some brewers of Ale and Beere doe put it into their drinke to make it more heady, fit to please drunkards, who thereby, according to… — Matthias de l'Obel
I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All. — A A Milne
All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal. — Baltasar Gracian
Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on… — Elbert Hubbard
Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason. — Gelett Burgess
Money is not the root of all evil...ignorance is the root of all evil. People do cruel and foolish things for money because they feel… — Alan Cohen

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