Foolish Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Foolish Hands Men Pens Wise
A wise man was once foolish and throw foolishness did he become wise — Enrique Alcala Copy Share Image
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave… — George Savile Copy Share Image
A man's penmanship is an unfailing index of his character, moral and mental, and a criterion by which to judge his peculiarities of taste… — Bill Vaughan 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
Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise. — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
Some immemorial imbecilities have been added deliberately, on the ground that it is just as interesting to note how foolish men have been as… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
It is not wise for a wise man to fool a foolish man, because the foolish man dont know what he is doing at… — Chuks Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
The goal of the Creator is for each entity to make a conscious choice to again seek Oneness, out of our own free will - not because anyone else forced us to. If we are told what to do and what to believe, then we have learned nothing and will not make any progress. Perhaps the single most basic realization… — David Wilcock Copy Share
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Virtue is as little to be acquired by learning as genius; nay, the idea is barren, and is only to be employed as an instrument, in the same way as genius in respect to art. It would be as foolish to expect that our moral and ethical systems would turn out virtuous, noble, and holy beings, as that our aesthetic… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share
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As nature made every man with a nose and eyes of his own, she gave him a character of his own, too; and yet… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen proprerly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool. There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
You know what they say, 'You have to work at wisdom; you have to take pains to be reasonable, but to be foolish, just… — Louise Colet Copy Share Image
Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
