Quotes About Foolishness

experience does not always mean wisdom.

The more stupid one is the more he thinks he knows.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

If people are foolish, they are bound to mix the personality and the Truth, and to build a temple around the personality and form a religion.

Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.

Were one to call your stupid ism good, well then, one would either be equally idiotic, or a fool, or no good.

Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

Vengeance mixed with stupidity did not for sanity or safety make.

Natürlich ist es töricht, um jeden Preis von anderen verstanden werden zu wollen. Mir war das früher auch gleichgültig, aber als ich sah, daß Sie an einem Menschen wie mir doch irgendwie interessiert sind, war ich auf der Stelle entschlossen, Ihnen alles zu zeigen.

Mensen zijn dwaze wezens, die graag willen dat anderen weten wie zij werkelijk zijn.

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree. In a field by the river my love and I did stand, And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs; But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely precious.

Stupidities that succeed are still stupidities.

The moment you admit someone into your heart you make yourself a fool,

Gracious divinities protect only wise people. " 'Now, I have acted like a fool. " 'It is, therefore, natural that they should turn away from me.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

To be half-clever was the worst I could have done.

even rational leaders frequently end up doing very stupid things.

Even if war is catastrophic for everyone, no god and no law of nature protect us from human stupidity.

We should never underestimate human stupidity, it's one of the most powerful forces in history.

However, most people don't like to admit that they are fools. Consequently, the more they sacrifice for a particular belief, the stronger their faith becomes.

Yet the stupid believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling this man ruler, that one herdsman – how dense! Confucius and you are both dreaming! And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming, too. Words like these will be labeled the Supreme Swindle.

Solomon said if you want to be wise you run with the wise; if you want to be a fool, you run with fools.

The wise make great use of adversity. The foolish whine about it.