Quotes About Foolishness

it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,

was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way [...]

No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time--but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

A little learning is dangerous, but downright ignorance is even more disastrous.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

At 50 a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass.

To-morrow — the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

He whose science exceedeth his sense, perisheth by his ignorance.

Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can never do anything at variance with his own nature. He carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.

Foolishness, radicalism, morbidity are marks of promising youth, the obvious signs of inward ferment. We should rejoice to find them. They are among the indications of spiritual growth.

The barber learns to shave at the beards of fools.

That bastard crazy.

God's revelation is more than the best foundation for Christian reasoning; it is the only philosophically sound foundation for any reasoning whatsoever. Therefore, although the world in its own wisdom sees the word of Christ as foolishness, "the foolishness of God is wiser than men" (1 Cor. 1:18, 25).

1Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God.

Jim Elliot summarized it well: "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

So beware. For good or ill, a mature, enthusiastic delight is extremely contagious. This is where's God's Word cuts to the heart of the matter. Foolish companions will induce one another to try out and ultimately to 'study' foolish delights. Skateboarding and computer games come to mind. So do drugs and alcohol.

Trust and stupidity are close friends. Of course, no one really knows that until it's too late.

Macht die Liebe einen zum Idioten, oder gibt es nur Idioten, die sich verlieben?

en el Distrito Federal? Sólo los héroes o los idiotas.

The problem was, it was as easy to be killed on a foolish quest in the company of fools as on an adventure of merit beside men one respected and trusted.

the war was over and you had to riot in foolishness lest you remember you were dancing over a million graves. By