Fool Quotes

• A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

  Bruce Lee

  Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.98, Tuttle Publishing

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  Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

  Euripides

  Relationship, Stupid, Communication

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.38, University of Chicago Press

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• The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Wise, Silly

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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  It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

  Voltaire

  Wisdom, Freedom, Vegan

  "Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers: Troisième Entretien". Book by Voltaire, 1767.

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  Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

  Dale Carnegie

  Gratitude, Character, Self

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.21, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Crazy, Differences

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  The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

  Bertrand Russell

  Education, Confidence, Wisdom

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• A fool and his money are soon elected.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Sarcastic, Money

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  How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!

  Mark Twain

  Religious, Atheist, People

  "Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2". Book by Mark Twain (p. 302), 2013.

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• A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivation, Anger

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.31, Tuttle Publishing

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• Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

  Sholom Aleichem

  Life, Wise, Dream

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• We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Motivational, Respect

  Speech at St. Louis, 22 Mar. 1964, in St Louis Post-Dispatch 23 Mar. 1964

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• Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

  Lord Byron

  Inspirational, Doubt, Atheism

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• Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  "Famous Sayings and their Authors" by Edward Latham, (p. 138), 1906.

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  It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

  Al Pacino

  Heart, Eye, Easy

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• A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

  Lord Acton

  Success, Wise, Time

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• There is no fool like an old fool.

  Betty White

  Playing The Fool, Old Proverb

  Betty White (2011). “If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)”, p.143, Penguin

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• Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Wisdom, Witty, Clever

  Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

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• The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded.

  George Orwell

  Humility, Fools Day, Aggravation

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• He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.

  Bob Marley

  Music, Stupid, Forever

  Bob Marley (2012). “Listen to Bob Marley: The Man, the Music, the Revolution”, Open Road Media

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• History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Lying, History, Soldier

  Cynic's Word Book (1906) p. 161

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• Scientists are the easiest to fool. ... They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore misdirectable, lines. The only world they know is the one where everything has a logical explanation and things are what they appear to be. Children and conjurors-they terrify me. Scientists are no problem; against them I feel quite confident.

  James P. Hogan

  Children, Science, Thinking

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• I have great faith in fools,— self-confidence my friends will call it.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Life, Friendship, Confidence

  "The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe".

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