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Quotes About Foolishness

Reason thus with life: If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep.
~ William Shakespeare
The group of stupid people collectively treats or makes an intelligent amongst them look like duffer and a fool living in a big network of enlightened minds even starts behaving sensibly in life.
~ Anuj
There are in life real evils enough, and it is folly to afflict ourselves with imaginary ones; it is time enough when the real ones arrive.
~ Benjamin
He knew he was going to die but he thought this little thing might provide him with a nothing stool way off in the corner of heaven reserved for fools, people too stupid to come out of the rain. People got to that corner by heaven's back door.
~ Edward P. Jones
When stupid wins, everyone loses.
~ Edward Weiss
there is the Wall Street fool, who thinks he must trade all the time. No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily—or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play. I proved it.
~ Edwin Lefevre
A fool only watches the outward form; conversely, a wise one catches the inward aspect as well, which determines the reliable and authentic outcome.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
The world has not yet such a thermometer or measure that can check one's idiocy.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
To a certain extent, it is my weak point and flaw that I cannot abide and avoid the idiocy of the idiots, the lies of the liars, and the ignorance of the ignorant.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
To be under the rule of wise figures is more valuable and beneficial than ruling the idiot and fool ones.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Kalau orang tanpa kecerdasan memadai mencoba mengandalkan kecerdikannya, berarti dia bermain api.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
It's like this, ma'am, Michael is a fine big lad, used to a man's work and he has had a man's responsibility before now. Well, if he goes off and gets drowned, it will be because he was too silly to save himself. And if he's too silly to save himself, then it's worth no one else's while to save him, for he'll only live to get into some other trouble later on!
~ Eilís Dillon
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
~ Elbert Hubbard
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
~ Elbert Hubbard
Công th?c cho s? ngu d?t chung thân là: Th?a mãn v?i quan ?i?m c?a mình và hài lòng v?i tri th?c c?a mình.
~ Elbert Hubbard
A nadie le vino la cordura antes que la insensatez. LUCIO ANNEO SÉNECA
~ Antoni Bolinches
difícilmente los tontos son del todo buenos. Y lo peor es que los inteligentes difícilmente lo quieren ser».
~ Antoni Bolinches
Todo necio confunde valor y precio
~ Antonio Machado
A couple of worthy words to the wise is enough to make him understand the things , but to the foolish-cum-selfish guys even a lot of bulky books fails to make them comprehend worth anything
~ Anuj Somany
A fool thinks that so-called networking friends are liking his face posted almost daily online, but a wise merely knows that it is their ways of making fun of him/her only.
~ Anuj Somany
A foolish person pleases oneself with the support extended or praise offered by the people who are either sycophants or stupids.
~ Anuj Somany
A foolish person who has selfish intent towards the people can't have brilliant quality content in own thoughts; however that individual does not understand that any attempt to paint oneself as an intellectual or a saint/wise by rhyming and priming quote with nice words may only get a lot of support of sycophants, but s/he gets exposed to the intelligent in an era of internet.
~ Anuj Somany
A man who has no self-respect can make any number of woman to accept him as her boyfriend; A husband who has no shame could remain for any number of years in the bondage of his wife and even would foolishly claim the same as his happily married days.
~ Anuj Somany
A person does either foolish or devilish or both things only in proportion to the amount of oneself being selfish in life.
~ Anuj Somany