Foolish Quotes

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Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her. — Francis I
In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people; for who sees not, but that it is a curse to… — Thomas Shepard
I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in… — Philip Pullman
To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold… — Thomas Babington Macaulay
Foolish many said; foolish many, many believed. — Thomas Vernor Smith
I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish mistakes. — John Clayton
To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a… — Vaclav Klaus
This might sound really foolish, but when I came to Edinburgh in 1988 I had spent nearly all my life living south of Bristol, and… — David Nicholls
When a man says he is building a house for himself and his posterity, he does not mean to be understood as saying that he… — Lysander Spooner
If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart, and… — James Allen
I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men — George Eliot
God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that she might love him — William Shakespeare
The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own. — Leo Stein
In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer. — Oscar Wilde
Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish. — Albert Einstein
Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. — Ambrose Bierce
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no… — Mark Twain
Would you, my dear young friends, like to be inside with the five wise virgins, or outside, alone and in the dark with the five… — Montagu Butler
Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong; but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect… — Victor Hugo
I love you, Not only for what you are, But for what I am When I am with you. I love you, Not only for… — Roy Croft

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