Quotes About Foolishness

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

Stupidity is sufficient unto itself. Wisdom can never learn enough.

Therefore let us repent and pass from ignorance to knowledge, from foolishness to wisdom, from licentiousness to self-control, from injustice to righteousness, from godlessness to God.

Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.

The wise are silent, the foolish speak, and the children are thus led astray, for wisdom is not knowledge, it is a realization of the scheme and of one's own part in it.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely though unbowed.

Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.

If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it.

To generalize is to be an idiot.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

Only the fools are certain and assured.