Fools Quotes
1120 quotes by 792 authors
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
— Francis Bacon
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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
— Douglas Bader
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When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
— Russell Baker
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Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
— Honore de Balzac
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.
— Honore de Balzac
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
— Douglas Adams
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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
— Bernard Baruch
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
— Robert Benchley
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Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any…
— Ambrose Bierce
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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
— Josh Billings
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Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
— Josh Billings
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
— James Agate
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Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will…
— Spiro T. Agnew
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At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
— Alcuin
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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
— Lord Byron
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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
— Lord Byron
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Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
— Taylor Caldwell
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