Quotes About Foolishness

A wise man keeps secrets in his heart a foolish man tells tales.

But we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. 1 CORINTHIANS 1:23

Angelo was a grown man, and here was one thing he was quite free to decide for himself, and yet he was ready to let others make up his mind for him...that could only be stupidity.

He was well aware of what an ass he was. Only Roman could tolerate him, really. Stupid, charming bastard.

The trees were not Aletheia's gift to the wizards for their service, not living monuments to great men and women. They were monuments of a desperate act, necessitated because of foolishness and greed. The trees were not the wizards' respite. They were their sacrifice.

As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such.

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

The wisest men follow their own direction And listen to no prophet guiding them. None but the fools believe in oracles, Forsaking their own judgment.

That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a madman takes, and no one person is ever happy all the time.

Necio es el mortal que, creyéndose siempre feliz, se abandona al placer: la fortuna, cual furiosa delirante, salta aquí y allá, y a ninguno concede perpetua dicha

When a man becomes dissatisfied with married life, he goes outdoors and finds relief for his frustrations. But we are bound to love one partner and look no further. They say we live sheltered lives in the home, free from danger, while they wield 250       their spears in battle – what fools they are! I would rather face the enemy three times over than bear a child once.

This thy wit hath no wit.

CRE. There is nobleness in thee; but there is some degree of folly.

Cualquiera que le diga palabras sabias a un ignorante parecerá que no está en su sano juicio (Las Bacantes, 409 aC)

He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.

The trouble is that sometimes she gets foolish ideas in her head and doesn't know what she's doing.

Está bien, dije, estoy agradecida de que sea una niña. Y espero que ella sea una tonta... eso es lo mejor que puede ser una niña en este mundo, una tontita hermosa...

He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive. -Tom Buchanan, The Great Gatsby

Women are fools; they will marry anything that has a heartbeat just to have a man.

How arrogant you are To think your wretched Self so singular! The disappointments of this world will die In less time than the blinking of an eye, And as the earth must pass, pass by the earth Don't even glance at it, know what it's worth; What empty foolishness it is to care For what must one day be dispersed to air!

She was too stupid to pull off something like that. "You're

Only one thing surprises me more than the stupidity with which most men live their lives and that is the intellegence inherent in that stupidity. [...] The wise man makes his life monotonous, for then even the tiniest accident becomes imbued with great significance.

Only one thing astonishes me more than the stupidity with which most people live their lives, and that's the intelligence of this stupidity.

que pesa duramente na alma: é a estupidez que sacrifica vidas e haveres a qualquer coisa inevitavelmente inútil.