Quotes About Foolishness

A majority can never replace the man…. Just as a hundred fools do not make one wise man, an heroic decision is not likely to come from a hundred cowards.

Bir husus vard?r ki, bunu hat?rdan ç?karmamak ve göz önünde tutmak gerekir. ÇoÄŸunluk hiçbir zaman bir kiÅŸinin yerine geçerli olamaz. ÇoÄŸunluk, ahmaklar? olduÄŸu kadar alçaklar? da temsil eder. Saman dolu yüz kafa nas?l ki, hiçbir zaman bir ak?ll? kiÅŸiye eÅŸit olamazsa, yüz korkak adamdan da hiçbir vakit kahramanca bir karar beklenemez.

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk? Then, leave me to my foolishness.

MEETING THE EYE You'll probably find that it suits your book to be a bit cleverer than you look. Observe that the easiest method by far is to look a bit stupider than you are.

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.

Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.

An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Kesalahan orang-orang pandai ialah menganggap yang lain bodoh, dan kesalahan orang-orang bodoh ialah menganggap orang-orang lain pandai

Nilai yang diwariskan oleh kemanusiaan hanya untuk mereka yang mengerti dan membutuhkan. Humaniora memang indah bila diucapkan para mahaguru—indah pula didengar oleh mahasiswa berbakat dan toh menyebalkan bagi mahasiswa-mahasiswa bebal. Berbahagialah kalian, mahasiswa bebal, karena kalian dibenarkan berbuat segala-galanya.

Sepandai-pandaimya lelaki, kata bujang nenekku dulu semasa aku masih sangat muda, kalau sedang gandrung: dia sungguh sebodoh-bodoh si tolol.

Hanya orang dan binatang bodoh saja yang kena cambuk.

kau harus percaya akan berhasil, dan berhasillah kau; anggap semua pelajaran mudah, dan semua akan jadi mudah; jangan takut pada pelajaran apa pun, karena ketakutan itu sendiri kebodohan awal yang akan membodohkan semua.

Senjata lebih berarti di tangan orang sebodoh-bodohnya dari pada keterpelajaran dari tubuh tanpa pelindung.

Stupids dance on the same floor with the one who secretly befools them.

When a liar speaks to the audience, only fools believe his forged, sweet stories.

Adventure is what happens when you just did something stupid.

When the wine is in, the wit is out.

A rich man's foolish sayings pass for wise ones.

An illiterate king is a crowned ass.

Better be mad with all the world than wise alone.