Quotes About Foolishness

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

Fear has no brains; it is an idiot.

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

What begins in fear usually ends in folly.

Who is more foolish the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?

There's a difference between being humble and being gullible. Those who cant distinguish live a sad life of arrogant ignorance and blind devotion.

A lifetime of cleverness can be interrupted by moments of stupidity.

Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.

I'm strong, because I've been weak. I'm fearless, because I've been afraid. I'm wise, because I've been foolish.

I'm strong cause I know my weaknesses. I'm alive because I'm a fighter. I'm wise because I've been foolish. I laugh because I've know sadness.

Young enough to know I can, old enough to know I shouldn't, stupid enough to do it anyway.

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

Those who tell the young man to live well and the old man to die well is nothing but a fool, not only for what life has in happiness to both young and old, but also for one must be careful in live honestly as well as die honestly.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing, only at different times.

A wise man learn from the mistakes of others while fools learn from their own mistakes.

I am strong because I know my weaknesses. I am wise because I've been foolish. I give in because I've tasted loneliness I smile because I've known sadness.

If you don't do stupid things while you're young, you'll have nothing to smile about when you're old.

In actual fact, I had not imagined there to have been anything sensual, or even sentimental, in the Baron's offers. I had said that to my parents out of sheer foolishness. But the future sometimes dwells in us without our knowing it, and the words thought to be untruthful describe an imminent reality.

a man of great ability will ordinarily pay less attention to other people's foolishness than would a fool.