Quotes About Foolishness

Smart is overrated. Most of the harm done in this world is done by people who fancy themselves smart. And they are—book smart. But most really smart people have no sense. They value their brains too highly. I'd rather have someone with sense. And a little heart.

I wanted to find my voice, so I sat in silence. I wanted joy, so I cried my heart open. I wanted wisdom, so I capered in bodacious foolishness. I wanted freedom, so I felt my bonds.

Only a fool is so innocent as to think he can measure up to a woman's first love.

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

But that, Flavius, hardly nice or honest This thy folly, methinks Catullus also

Quasi incredibil parmi Che la vita infelice e il mundo sciocco Gia per gran tempo assai Senza te sopportai ; Quasi intender non posso Come d'altri desiri, Fuor ch'a te somiglianti, altri sospiri. Parfois je ne puis croire Que cette vie misérable et ce monde sot, Sans toi, si longtemps, Je les aie supportés ; Et je comprends à peine Que vers d'autres désirs Sinon pareil à toi, d'autres soupirent. (Il pensiero dominante, la pensée dominante)

Este universo es una gran ciudad en la que con una ley eterna Dios condena a los necios a hacer una guerra contra sí mismos. (...) Si algún idiota, por maldad perversa, por relajación o por pereza, o incluso por imprudencia, actuara mal, siendo reo de alta traición, ¡hágase él mismo la guerra a sí mismo!

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

Lorsque la bêtise gifle l'intelligence, l'intelligence a le droit de se conduire bêtement.

Pain and fear often make us act foolishly," Serenity advised. "Do not judge yourself harshly for your mistakes

Oh holy asinity! holy ignorance! Holy foolishness and pious devotion! You who alone do more to advance and make souls good Than human ingenuity and study...

A questão é, visto que somos tolos aos olhos de outrem, todos somos tolos, diferentes em espécie, mas de acordo in genere et numero et casu.

dumheden hos disse mænd og den endnu større dumhed hos dem, der tror, at de er stærkere end naturen, og med eventyrlige argumenter bilder sig selv ind, at de formår, hvad de ikke formår, og ønsker at få andre til at handle ligesom dem selv, selvom det strider imod deres natur.

Não existe no mundo raça mais necessária do que os imbecis. Se não houvesse génios, ainda seríamos bárbaros, mas sem néscios a espécie humana teria terminado desde longa data.

La stupidità, quando viene ad assumere un'esagerata intensità, diventa anarchia

Nada há de mais sábio do que apostar na loucura dos homens.

a inteligência não protege de nada, nem sequer da estupidez.

He felt people were never intentionally beastly or malicious, but they were pompous and foolish; awful decisions were made by men divorced from their own humanity.

There was some nobility in being poor, but absolutely none in being poor because you were an idiot.

Not smart. Happily stupid. Stupidly happy.

authors had analyzed fifty cases of purported "Islamic terrorist plots" against the United States, only to conclude that "virtually all of the perpetrators were 'incompetent, ineffective, unintelligent, idiotic, ignorant, unorganized, misguided, muddled, amateurish, dopey, unrealistic, moronic, irrational, and foolish.

You are as good-hearted as I believed," the woman said, "but you are foolish as well to take such a thing on yourself. Yet what kindhearted person does not have some foolishness about him.

Tudo nessa vida acaba em bagatela e aquele que, para agradar aos outros se mata trabalhando por dinheiro, honras ou o que for, sem que a isso o mova sua própria paixão ou necessidade, é, com certeza, um tolo.

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.