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Fools Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
- 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…
- EXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.
- Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire
- ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.
- INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
More Fools Quotes
- Silence is the virtue of fools. — Francis Bacon
- Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. — Douglas Bader
- When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools. — Russell Baker
- Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society. — Honore de Balzac
- For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially… — Honore de Balzac
- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. — Douglas Adams
- The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible. — Bernard Baruch
- Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony. — Robert Benchley