40th birthday Quote by Edward Young

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

— Idris Elba

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

— Thomas Shadwell

“At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Wise men say, only fools rush in. Wise men are so slow.

— Bob Saget

Hurry is the weakness of fools.

— Baltasar Gracian

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

— Edward Young

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Now answer me, sincerely, honestly, who lives past forty? I'll tell you who does: fools and scoundrels.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

— Michael Reed

A fool must now and then be right, by chance

— William Cowper

The fool thinks he is wise and the wise thinks he is not a fool.

— Vikrant Parsai

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

— William Blake