Fools And Foolishness Quotes - Page 2

• A fool and his money are soon married.

  Carolyn Wells

  Money, Italian, Fool

  Carolyn Wells (1912). “The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady”

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• A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.690, Pan Macmillan

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• The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Heart, Men

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Writings”, Library of America

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• You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Teacher

  "The New York World-Telegram and Sun" Newspaper, 1961.

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• People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

  Alice Walker

  People, Wish, Literature

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• A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

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• Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Funny, Humor, Use It Or Lose It

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• Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Freedom, Stupid, Mind

  Henry David Thoreau, Richard Dillman (1987). “Thoreau's comments on the art of writing”

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• A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Inspirational, Wise, Knowledge

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• A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Fool, Humour, Admire

  'L'Art poètique' canto 1, l. 232

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• Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Courage

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• A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Children, Clever, Men

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 69, 1799.

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• Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.

  George Horace Lorimer

  College, Fool, College Life

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• Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

  Sacha Guitry

  April, Foolish, April Fools

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• Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Humor, Fools Day

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• He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.

  Martin Luther

  Love, Life, Song

  "Luther's Works: Table talk".

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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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• He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

  Confucius

  Wise, Men, Foolish Man

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• The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

  Samuel Butler

  Dog, Humorous, Animal

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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• There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.

  Cynthia Heimel

  Inspirational, Life, Women

  "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics". "The Village Voice" Magazine, 1983.

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• Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

  Cher

  Inspirational, Courage, Greatness

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• As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Time, Silly, Age

  "The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, 1655.

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• The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.1780, Delphi Classics

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• Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

  Horace

  Love, Inspirational, Happiness

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