Foolish Things Quotes

36 quotes by 33 authors

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. — Jane Austen
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on… — Elbert Hubbard
Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason. — Gelett Burgess
Money is not the root of all evil...ignorance is the root of all evil. People do cruel and foolish things for money because they feel… — Alan Cohen
For awareness you need not go to the Himalayas; you need not go anywhere. Your life gives you enough opportunities to be aware. Somebody insults… — Rajneesh
If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the… — Martin Luther
It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics. — John Maynard Keynes
I do find life difficult at times â€¦ and I behave childishly too, do foolish things, unworthy â€¦ I don't think one can have great… — Alison Uttley
A doctor who doesn't say too many foolish things is a patient half-cured. — Marcel Proust
Every Christian leader should have this engraved in his subconscious. No matter what you do, never take yourself too seriously God always chooses the foolish… — K.P. Yohannan
You can believe a whole lot of foolish things, but God doesn't want you to do that. He wants your faith to rest upon the… — J. Vernon McGee
I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things- which I happen to regret, more or less,… — Vincent Van Gogh
Try to be original in your play and as clever as possible; but don't be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom of… — Anton Chekhov
Live as though you don't exist; like you are two eyeballs floating in space with nothing behind them. No brain attached. Not even hair -… — Mooji
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Never underestimate the capacity of noble young men to do incredibly foolish things for perfectly good reasons. — Jennifer Fallon
Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things. — Janette Oke
I study nature so as not to do foolish things. — Mary Ruefle
All that is great cannot be possessed - and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess. — Rajneesh
Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night all the foolish things that were said in the morning. — Jane Austen

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