Foolish Quotes

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To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely… — Mary Wollstonecraft
It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise. — Gottfried Leibniz
Pledge allegiance to your principles, your family, your faith, but don't be foolish enough to pledge allegiance to a gang of thieves. — Llewellyn Rockwell
How does a kid from Coos Bay, with one leg longer than the other win races? All my life people have been telling me, 'You're… — Steve Prefontaine
I honestly believe that if I decided to be the president of the United States, I could do it. That might sound foolish to some.… — Will Smith
Don't be serious about seriousness. Laugh about it, be a little foolish. Don't condemn foolishness; it has its own beauties. — Rajneesh
Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly acts foolish, even if he reports the most narrations;… — Malik ibn Anas
Sometimes the very learned and clever can be brilliantly foolish, especially when seized by an apparently good cause. — George Pell
Truly novel inventions emerge only in one's youth. Later one becomes ever more experienced, famous-and foolish. — Albert Einstein
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
It is because peaceful agitation and passive resistance are effective that I uphold them, and it is because force strengthens tyranny that I condemn it.… — Benjamin Tucker
At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead… — Benjamin Tucker
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe....It is foolish to do so… — Frederick Seitz
Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish. — Minna Antrim
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it. — Madame Roland
We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can't allow the fear of death to creep up on… — Dmitri Shostakovich
It was like hunting fish with an underwater gun, a sport which he had once been foolish enough to try. At one moment there is… — Iris Murdoch
The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. — George Orwell

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