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Fools Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- There is nothing by which men display their character so much as in what they consider ridiculous... Fools and sensible men are equally innocuous. It…
- Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.
- The mind is found most acute and most uneasy in the morning. Uneasiness is, indeed, a species of sagacity - a passive sagacity. Fools are…
- The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them…
- It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
- It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
- Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage…
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
- 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