Quotes About Foolishness

la fatuidad es privilegio de ignorantes; el sabio es humilde porque sabe cuán poco sabe

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Fools look to tomorrow; wise men use tonight.

Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.

There are two kinds of fools: one says, 'This is old, therefore it is good'; the other says, 'This is new, therefore it is better.'

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

He who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.

It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman, and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.

There is no chance for old fools.

You men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are the fools.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty.

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.

A foolish man... built his house upon the sand.

Idleness is the holiday of fools.

There is more stupidity around than hydrogen and it has longer shelf life.

There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.

It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.

People are trying to be smart - all I am trying to do is not to be idiotic, but it's harder than most people think.

Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.

In fiction, as in real life, love might inspire acts that are at best foolish and at worst life-threatening, but in the best romances, love is the final, secret ingredient that turns mere mortals into heroes and heroines.