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Quotes About Fools

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
~ George Gordon Byron
The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.
~ Giordano Bruno
As a matter of fact, yeah, they were foolproof. The problem is that you don't have to protect yourself against fools. You have to protect yourself against people like me.
~ Jeffery Deaver
The life we lead, in other words, leaves its mark in the form of enduring changes in the complex circuitry of the brain-footprints of the experiences we have had, the actions we have taken. This is neuroplasticity. As Mike Merzenich asserted, the mechanisms of neuroplasticity "account for cortical contributions to our idiosyncratic behavioral abilities and, in extension, for the geniuses, the fools, and the idiot savants among us.
~ Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Connor swung a punch at the air. "The police should let us track them. And then take them down." "Sure, lad," Liam said. "We'll find the humans and jump on them, and then our Collars will go off, and won't we look like fools rolling around, screaming in pain?
~ Jennifer Ashley
Ian had thought his brothers fools about that. If they couldn't understand the difference between three overbearing Scotsmen who smelled of smoke and whisky, and a lovely young woman scented with attar of roses, he couldn't help them.
~ Jennifer Ashley
Only fools rush Death,' said Death
~ Jennifer Donnelly
It's your move," said Love. "I'm quite aware of that," said Death. "Ticktock," said Love. "Only fools rush Death," said Death.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
COUGH OR SNEEZE…FOOLS AND TRAITORS SPREAD DISEASE.
~ Emma Donoghue
God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.
~ Epictetus
If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools, ignore them.
~ Epictetus
Fools follow after vanity. The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.
~ Epiphanius Wilson
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
~ Ambrose Bierce
History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Humanity is in my heart. Do I suffer fools? No. Am I a stickler for my profession? Yes. I am a task master? Yes. My military background, football background, I'm a team player all the way, and I love winning.
~ Isaiah Washington
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.
~ Robert Benchley
In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity.
~ Robert Browning
As Bismarck once said, "Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others' experience.
~ Robert Greene
In dealing with fools you must adopt the following philosophy: they are simply a part of life, like rocks or furniture. All of us have foolish sides, moments in which we lose our heads and think more of our ego or short-term goals. It is human nature. Seeing this foolishness within you, you can then accept it in others. This will allow you to smile at their antics, to tolerate their presence as you would a silly child, and to avoid the madness of trying to change them.
~ Robert Greene
The world is full of fools—people who cannot wait to get results, who change with the wind, who can't see past their noses. You encounter them everywhere: the indecisive boss, the rash colleague, the hysterical subordinate. When working alongside fools, do not fight them. Instead think of them the way you think of children, or pets, not important enough to affect your mental balance.
~ Robert Greene
In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes. That's enough for anyone to know.
~ Robert Jordan
In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes.
~ Robert Jordan
Fools deserved whatever their foolishness brought.
~ Robert Jordan
In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes. That's enough for anyone to know. I am here for my art.
~ Robert Jordan