Simpletons Quotes

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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth. — Honore de Balzac
The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A brain you can convince, a simpleton you have to persuade. — Curt Goetz
Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will… — Mark Twain
We discovered that in connection with these figures the German national simpletons and money-grubbers of the Frankfurt parliamentary swamp always counted as Germans the Polish… — Friedrich Engels
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
It's a foolish culture that entrusts its food supply to simpletons. — Joel Salatin
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
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. — Jean de la Bruyere
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
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as… — Thucydides
How wrong are those simpletons, of whom the world is full, who look more at... color than at the figures which show spirit and movement. — Michelangelo
The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable. — Marquis de Sade
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
You've a right to believe that we're governed by Nature and the hidden Force within her. You can think that the gods, including my Melitele,… — Andrzej Sapkowski

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