Foolish Man Quotes
28 quotes by 23 authors
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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
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A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a…
— Dalai Lama
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A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish…
— Gautama Buddha
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He promoted the education of the parish clergy and wrote: He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase…
— Alfred the Great
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The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed…
— Khalil Gibran
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A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.
— Laozi
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You do not see clearly the evil in yourself, else you would hate yourself with all your soul. Like the lion who sprang at his…
— Rumi
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A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are…
— Robert Bloch
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Unless a man has pity he is not truly a man. If a man has not wept at the worlds pain he is only half…
— William Saroyan
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I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to lead a quiet…
— L. Frank Baum
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A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book. "That's such a…
— Amanda Hocking
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A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.
— Amanda Hocking
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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
— James Oppenheim
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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
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Only a foolish man wil keep on doing one ting and expect another result
— Gordons
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It is not wise for a wise man to fool a foolish man, because the foolish man dont know what he is doing at that…
— Chuks
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A foolish man comes to you and says you are very intelligent--and in fact,you can look intelligent only to a foolish man.If he is more…
— Osho
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A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother
— Bible
Who Wrote These Foolish Man Quotes
23 authors contributed a total of 28 Foolish Man Quotes as follows: