Simpleton Quotes

20 quotes by 19 authors

A brain you can convince, a simpleton you have to persuade. — Curt Goetz
With the enormous and steady increase in the volume of our literature, we must rely more and more upon sympathetic selection, judicious editing, and the… — Rossiter Johnson
I know enough about Satan to realize that he will have all his weapons ready for determined opposition.Â He would be a missionary simpleton who… — James O. Fraser
These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble. — Laozi
One is not unpopular because he uses peculiar expressions; that just so happens; such terms become a fad, and by and by everybody, down to… — Soren Kierkegaard
I am a simpleton at heart. In my personal life, I don't wear makeup. — Bipasha Basu
He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they… — Emily Giffin
Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado. — Brandon Mull
And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob… — Tamora Pierce
The difference between a simpleton and an intelligent man, according to the man who is convinced that he is of the latter category, is that… — R.K. Narayan
One more minute of this, and sheâ€™d be a certifiable simpleton. — Tessa Dare
The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton. — Miguel de Cervantes
I was just thinking of bundling up Cecily and feeding her to the ducks at Hyde Park," said Will, pushing his wet hair back and… — Cassandra Clare
Every village has its simpleton, and if one does not exist they invent one to pass the time. — Nikos Kazantzakis
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. — Miguel de Cervantes
He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it… — William Wirt
We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who… — Anatole France
My father was a simple man. My mother was a simple woman. You see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton — Chic Murray
But me nah give a damn, buy house and a piece a land. Me walk in, ah, me Timberland, no tell me about no simpleton?… — Collie Buddz
Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to achieve… — Alisa Steinberg

Who Wrote These Simpleton Quotes

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