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- ongoing Foolish Thoughts Fool and His Money Fool For You Complete Fool Motley Fool Not bearing a fool lightly. To the foolish, every utterance of nonsense seems like wisdom.
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.
There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the
wise. Silence is the virtue of fools Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting
thing he has got. Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the
mistakes of others A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end. Think about how stupid the average person is, then realize half of them
are stupider than that Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are
fools. When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. What the wise seek is in themselves, what the fool seeks is in
others. The fool wonders, the wise man asks He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot
lose. If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish
thing. It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no
other It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not
healed. 'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's
mouth and remove all doubt. Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display
qualities which he does not possess. Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him? The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become
old fools You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people
all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. A foolish person is 'quick' to condemn what they do not understand. A
wise person is 'slow' to condemn what they do understand Never allow yourself to be caught marching with a sign proclaiming the
world is going to end on Thursday; and it's Friday. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because
they have to say something. Two dogs fight for a bone and a third runs away with it. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains
a fool forever. Absentmindedness is searching for the horse you are riding Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight. If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us
out? The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always
so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser
does The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but
not the power of speech. I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of
it Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same
side The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to
fill the world with fools No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking
questions Because you don't know something doesn't make you an idiot, not doing
something about it does. Fools' names, like fools' faces, are often seen in public
places. Never give advice... Unknown Why do people with closed minds always open their
mouths? Giving a fool advice is like hitting the air with a
stick. (Qui molitur insidias in patriam id facit quod insanus nauta perforans
navem in qua vehitur) He who betrays his country is like the insane sailor
who bores a hole in the ship which carries him. A tongue weighs so little, yet few can hold it You don't drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying
there The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the
stupidity of your action Immaturity is the bane of progress You don't learn anything the second time you're kicked by a
mule. It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will
not Attitude The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will
not laugh is a fool. Belief There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his
heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with
its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first
fool Courage To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement, To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return, To live is to risk dying, To hope is to risk despair, To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind;
the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the
sails. Criticism Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools
do. Education If a man is a fool, you don't train him out of being a fool by sending
him to university. You merely turn him into a trained fool, ten times more
dangerous. Foolishness No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking
questions A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the
wise. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains
a fool forever. Never give advice... Unknown You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people
all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. What the wise seek is in themselves, what the fool seeks is in
others. 'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's
mouth and remove all doubt. Giving a fool advice is like hitting the air with a
stick. A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser
does Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the
mistakes of others The fool wonders, the wise man asks A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first
place. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot
lose. Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him? Friendship There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many
friends who call me a fool. Genders As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so
modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense Happiness There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: He that thinks
himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the
wisest is generally the greatest fool. 'fool' Humour Bushisms There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says 'Fool me once, shame on … shame on you. … Fool me ……
you can't get fooled again Humour Misc If at first you don't succeed, give up. No use being a damn
fool Ideas And Dreams My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the
world and exiles me from it. Inspirational Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise
man from trying Intelligence An intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the
opposite direction. Lies And Truth When you want to fool the world, tell the truth It takes a wise man to handle a lie; a fool had better remain
honest. Love A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman
makes a fool of him in twenty minutes Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you… Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let
a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse Mistakes The main difference between the wise man and a fool is that a fool's
mistakes never teach him anything. Nationality The constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a
damn fool of himself Politics Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be
fool enough to allow the skunks to choose the weapons Science And Technology 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 Success A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a
fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward Uncertainty Only a fool tests the water with both feet. Wisdom The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in
his heart. Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom
consists in not exceeding the limit A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste
of wisdom. A wise man knows his limitations but never sets limits on himself. A
fool does not recognize his limitations, thus limiting
himself. The fool who fancies he is full of wisdom while he sits by his hearth
at home quickly finds when questioned by others, that he knows nothing at
all.
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel Johnson Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Every fool finds a greater one to admire them.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Why fools are endowed by nature with voices so much louder than sensible people possess is a mystery. It is a fact emphasized throughout history.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a fool as that. But if one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. But though I have no personal experience of the things they call love, I have what is better -- the experience of Sappho, of Euripides, of Catallus, of Shakespeare, of Spenser, of Austen, of Bronte, of anyone else I have read.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
The fool is always beginning to live.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
What a fool does in the end, the wise do in the beginning.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
The great God endows His children variously. To some he gives intellect -- and they move the earth. To some he allots heart -- and the beating pulse of humanity is theirs. But to some He gives only a soul, without intelligence -- and these, who never grow up, but remain always His children, are God's fools, kindly, elemental, simple, as if from His palette the Artist of all had taken one color instead of many.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.
That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
By William Shakespeare QUOTATION: Lear. Dost thou call me fool,
boy?
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience
to make me sad. Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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