Cities Quote by Francis Quarles

The suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools.

— Francis Quarles

The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.

— William Shakespeare

As fate is inexorable, and not to be moved either with tears or reproaches, an excess of sorrow is as foolish as profuse laughter;…

— Seneca the Younger

Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the head divine,…

— Friedrich Schiller

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

— Alice Walker

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. William Shakespeare

— SangFroid Stalker

Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain: As, painfully to pore upon a book, To…

— William Shakespeare

This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood…

— William Shakespeare

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My soul, never laugh at sin's fooleries, lest thou come to smile at sin itself. It is thine enemy, and thy Lord's enemy.

— Anonymous

In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about…

— Joseph Addison

Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire

— Ambrose Bierce