Quotes About Foolishness

Uno cree en lo que puede, no en lo que quiere. A menos que sea un cretino, en cuyo caso invierte esos términos

La verdad son las tonterías que dice la gente cuando se cree que sabe algo

we can have a minute's silence.' 'That won't be necessary.' 'Of course not. It's only necessary when one has nothing valid to say. Silence makes even idiots seem wise for a minute.

Gli stolti parlano, i codardi tacciono, i saggi ascoltano

Vojska služi samo kako bi se otkrilo koliki je udio budala u stanovništvu, smatrao je. A to se otkrije ve? u prva dva tjedna, nisu potrebne dvije godine. Vojska, brak, Crkva i banka: ?etiri jaha?a apokalipse. (...)

El silencio hace que hasta los necios parezcan sabios durante un minuto.

Dipende dal fatto che lei é ancora molto giovane e un po' sciocco. Quando si é giovani si vede il mondo come dovrebbe essere, e quando si é vecchi lo si vede com'è in realtà. Prima o poi guarirà.

He didn't know who he was messing with, did he, Papa? asked Grant, giving his karate pose. Papa laughed. No, Grant, he didn't. He finally picked on a family he couldn't outsmart. I guess he'll go to jail now. With moose hair up his nose! said Alex and they all laughed.

Stupid, fragile mortals.

Spears said that pride many times exonerates a greater stupidity than a blank brain.

There were worse things than being young and foolish.

ladies are not responsible for the bad manners of fools.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me

Obviously you've got the aptitude for the job." Gullibility and poor judgment must be prerequisites.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

Mensch, was haben wir die Luft bewegt, schrieb Micha später. Es wäre ewig so weitergegangen. Es war von vorn bis hinten zum Kotzen, aber wir haben uns prächtig amüsiert. Wir waren alle so klug, so belesen, so interessiert, aber unterm Strich war's idiotisch. Wir stürmten in die Zukunft, aber wir waren so was von gestern. Mein Gott, waren wir komisch, und wir haben es nicht einmal gemerkt. Es wäre ewig so weitergegangen, aber es ist was dazwischengekommen.

Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes. Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women… O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?—Esdras.

No; the charm is worked by common sense, and the spell can only be broke by your acting stupidly.

It was Wisdom in the abstract facing Folly in the concrete.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

Words are wise men's counters; they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.

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Who can free himself from achievement And from fame, descend and be lost Amid the masses of men? He will flow like Tao, unseen, He will go about like Life itself With no name and no home. Simple is he, without distinction. To all appearances he is a fool. His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing, has no reputation. Since he judges no one No one judges him. Such is the perfect man: His boat is empty.