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Quotes About Foolishness

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
~ Anonymous
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
~ Anonymous
A fool's mouth is his destruction.
~ Anonymous
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
~ Anonymous
Great minds think alike, and fools seldom differ.
~ Anonymous
what's so beautiful about a fool is that a fool never knows when to give up
~ Anthony Doerr
You said that what's so beautiful about a fool is that a fool never knows when to give up.
~ Anthony Doerr
His foe was folly and his weapon wit.
~ Anthony Hope
He knew what he was doing. So I never understood how he could have been so bloody stupid. The simple fact of the matter is that there was no reason for him to die.
~ Anthony Horowitz
Cara Grunshaw and Darren Mills are both thick as shit. I've met police dogs with more intelligence than those two. You could tell them everything we've done, down to the last word, and they'd still end up running round in a circle, sniffing each other's arses.
~ Anthony Horowitz
It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.
~ John George Nicolay
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
~ Charles Simmons
To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.
~ William Samuel Johnson
No one but a fool is always right.
~ David Hare
A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.
~ Frank Lloyd Wright
I can really laugh at myself and make a fool out of myself.
~ Amy Ryan
The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.
~ Luc de Clapiers
If you can't make 40% on your money in Russia, you're a fool.
~ Simon Reuben
I have a past of making a fool of myself.
~ Jed S. Rakoff
Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?
~ Alec Guinness
As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.
~ Tony Bennett
I definitely have been foolish.
~ Sienna Miller
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
~ Daniel Day-Lewis
I think we all fear appearing foolish in public. We don't want to be laughed at.
~ Ruth Rendell