Fools Quotes

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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Fools make researches and wise men exploit them. — H.G. Wells
More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness. — Muhammad
How tragic that the very thing that could set us free-playing the fool-is the thing we will not do. When we're afraid to be fools,… — Mike Mason
When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. — Linji Yixuan
Fools wait for a lucky day, but everyday is a lucky day for an industrious man. — Gautama Buddha
Fools are wise until they speak. — Randle Cotgrave
If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye. — Sophocles
Keeping a [journal] need not be a major chore-just a few minutes of notes each day can be valuable. Writing crystallizes insights, fools the defense… — Roger N. Walsh
People who think they know what is going to happen next are fools. Surprises - or what the brilliant author Nassim Taleb calls 'Black Swans'… — Martin Wolf
This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make… — Gautama Buddha
Kindness can turn the bad man's heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies. — Bhartrhari
Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning. — Solomon
Stick to your knitting (what you're good at), don't compromise, and don't suffer fools. — Simon Campbell
There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools. — Eric Gill
I mean, you know, this idea that somebody we disagree with on economic or social policy or something we have to turn into some kind… — William J. Clinton
Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men — Theodor Reik
Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the writing of fiction.… — Dale Carnegie
A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it. — Carl T. Rowan
The fools that came in here brought their beach gear to a cave...go figure. — Joe Teti

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