Foolish Quotes

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It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. — Emma Goldman
I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine. — Barry Goldwater
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. — Charles Caleb Colton
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise… — Demosthenes
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. — Albert Einstein
I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. — George Eliot
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. — Epictetus
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. — Epictetus
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. — Euripides
The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death,… — Louis Farrakhan
No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. — Jean de La Fontaine
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he… — Sydney J. Harris
I think it's my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I've learned from the actors I've worked with is you don't get… — Ethan Hawke
We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish. — Friedrich August von Hayek
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. — Hermann Hesse

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