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Fools Quotes by Coventry Patmore
- Nearly all of our disasters come from a few fools having the courage of their convictions.
- Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of…
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- 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
- Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to. — Ezra Taft Benson
- History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. — Ambrose Bierce
- Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift… — Ambrose Bierce
- There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't. — Josh Billings