Foolishness Quotes

392 quotes by 315 authors

The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish. — Euripides
Only stupid questions create wealth. — Gary Hamel
Every day I hear stupid people say things that are not stupid. — Michel de Montaigne
Any damn fool can be spontaneous. — Ezra Pound
Some people are confident because they are fools. Leonard had the look of someone who was confident because, so far, he'd never found a reason… — Terry Pratchett
It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas. — George Santayana
Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness. If men and women practiced mental calisthenics as… — Arnold Bennett
We know so little about the future that to worry about it would be the height of foolishness. — Charles Spurgeon
Religion is not the hero of the day, but the zero. In any exposition of the products of brains, the Sunday-School takes the booby prize.… — Marilla Ricker
More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness. — Muhammad
If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye. — Sophocles
The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they… — Paul the Apostle
Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness. — Sophocles
The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint.… — Socrates
When we play, we sense no limitations. In fact, when we are playing, we are usually unaware of ourselves. Self-observation goes out the window. We… — Lenore Terr
It's disgraceful how these humans blame the gods. They say their tribulations come from us, when they themselves, through their own foolishness, bring hardships which… — Homer
A man is skillful at woodraft just in proportion as he approaches this balance. Knowing the wilderness can be comfortable when a less experienced man… — Stewart Edward White
And why do you think that foolishness is bad? If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries,… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the… — Okakura Kakuzo

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