"Young men think old men are fools; but……" — George Chapman
"Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."
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George Chapman
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18 Quotes by George Chapman
George Chapman has 18 quotes on this site.
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An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
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Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so…
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And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
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Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
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For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.
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We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.
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Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
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Pure innovation is more gross than error.
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Promise is most given when the least is said.
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He that shuns trifles must shun the world.
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Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
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Ignorance is the mother of admiration.
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More Fools Quotes
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one of 1,120 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Silence is the virtue of fools.
— Francis Bacon
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Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
— Douglas Bader
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When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
— Russell Baker
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Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
— Honore de Balzac
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
— Honore de Balzac
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete…
— Douglas Adams
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The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
— Bernard Baruch
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
— Robert Benchley
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Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers,…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes…
— Ambrose Bierce
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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
— Josh Billings
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