Foolish Quotes

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Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such time takes flight and, in her absence; wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect,… — Pietro Aretino
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. — James Oppenheim
Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing. — Phillips Brooks
O foolish writer. Now moves. Even in storytime, dreamtime, once-upon-a-time, now isn't then. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself. — Bertrand Russell
The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't come out and those outside don't want to get in. — Arthur Brisbane
Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish. — John Ray
Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very… — Samuel Johnson
Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting… — Neil McDonald
Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that… — Vincent Van Gogh
There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man. — Aristotle
Comparison is a very foolish attitude, because each person is unique and incomparable. Once this understanding settles in you, jealousy disappears. — Rajneesh
God help us! it is a foolish little thing, this human life, at the best; and it is half ridiculous and half pitiful to see… — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
No one is so foolish as to prefer to peace, war, in which, instead of sons burying their fathers, fathers bury their sons. — Croesus
Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens. — Michel de Montaigne
None of this means, however, that a business or stock is an intelligent purchase simply because it is unpopular; a contrarian approach is just as… — Warren Buffett
Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to… — Dee Hock
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? — Maurice Freehill
You need the courage to seem foolish and to fail. — Steven Rosenberg

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