Quotes About Foolishness

You see, my plan is working. For it is written that 'if the wise man always appears stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

if the wise man always appears stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

I gave you all! screeched Lear, waving a palsied claw at Regan. And you took your bloody time giving it, too, you senile old fuck, said Regan.

He shook his head. "Those are the dumbest sons of bitches on earth." "They've become like little children, as you told them to." "Stupid little children," Joshua said.

For it is written that 'if the wise man always appears stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.' Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!'Saphira teased.

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects.

foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

You spend long moments worrying and wondering only to see the wash up on the shore of a sea of wasted hours. Only to see them stranded on the island of foolishness. He wants that time back. He wants that energy back.

suppose you were an idiot

Tweedle dee and tweedle dum

The young no longer want to study anything, learning is in decline, the whole world walks on its head, blind men lead others equally blind and cause them to plunge into the abyss, birds leave the nest before they can fly, the jackass plays the lyre, oxen dance.

The others believed me wise because I won, but they didn't know the many instances in which I have been foolish because I lost, and they didn't know that a few seconds before winning I wasn't sure I wouldn't lose.

Çocukluk y?llar?m boyunca, tan??t???m bütün insanlar?n, kaderin bir oyunu olarak, ahmak olduÄŸuna inanm??t?m.

No está mal. Ya estamos en el umbral en el que sospechamos que algo no funciona, pero es necesario un esfuerzo para demostrar qué es lo que no cuadra y por qué. El estúpido es muy insidioso. Al imbécil se le reconoce enseguida (y al cretino ni qué decir), mientras que el estúpido razona casi como uno, sólo que con una desviación infinitesimal.

Il riso libera il villano dalla paura del diavolo, perché nella festa degli stolti anche il diavolo appare povero e stolto, dunque controllabile. Ma questo libro potrebbe insegnare che liberarsi della paura del diavolo è sapienza.

para no acabar haciendo el necio, prefiero no empezar haciendo el listo.

I won, but I might also have lost. The others believed me wise because I won, but they didn't know the many instances in which I have been foolish because I lost, and they didn't know that a few seconds before winning I wasn't sure I wouldn't lose.

The choice was whether to be sad and foolish or sad and reasonable.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.

The earth is a great piece of stupidity.

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