Fool Quote by Mary Wortley Montagu Download Open image “People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.” — Mary Wortley Montagu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fool Foolishness People Playing the fool Thinking Wisdom Wise
There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The fool doesn't think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — Babloo Copy Share Image
The fool don't think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Fools are those who dont listen to the wise. Wise are those who dont listen to the fools. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool. — Margaret of Valois Copy Share Image
The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts and questions while fools are so certain about things. — Shannon L Alder Copy Share Image
The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone! — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses instructions,… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
“None strive to know their proper merit But strain for wisdom, beauty, spirit And lose the praise that is their due When they've the… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Not wise, perhaps, to be rude to the Pope's favorite son, but my viper tongue still required a fool now and then on which… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools… — William Booth Copy Share Image
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it — WC Fields Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
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