Clever Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

— Anonymous

“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

Passion is the genius of genius.

— Tony Robbins

Passion is the genesis of genius.

— Anonymous

Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools…

— Joseph Hall

Passion is like genius: a miracle.

— Romain Rolland

The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure…

— David Hume

Foolish men attract foolish circumstances.

— Aaliyah Hurley