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Foolishness Quote by Voltaire

“Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules, Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.” quote by Voltaire — Download Open image

““Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules, Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.””

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Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as…

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One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

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“The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men — who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle…

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A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

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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…

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In the foolishness lies the danger.

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Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.

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And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceansand all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all…

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