Quotes About Fool

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

A fool and his money are quickly parted.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers.

The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.

A grandmother is a person with too much wisdom to let that stop her from making a fool of herself over her grandchildren.

A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

A fool may buy all the books in the world, and they will be in his library; but he will be able to read only those that he deserves to; and this deserving is produced by Karma

An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.

only a fool obeys the law if it is against his own advantage.

A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool.

What do they do for a village idiot when you're here?

That was quite enough for me. "Mrs. Harris," I said. "Ivy is perfectly aware of the connotations of the word passionate. She's not some simpering fool in need of social guidance.

Some things were inevitable. You'd have to be a fool to think otherwise.

Thats always the hardest thing when someone completely has you fooled so much, that you think theyre just never going to hurt you, then they do. Thats when you get the worst heartbreak.

The man in the action-adventure movie who does whatever he wants and breaks all the rules is not a hero. He is a fool. Regardless of the apparent good that results in the end, he is a fool and the world he represents is a lie. It wouldn't be wise to make an evening's entertainment of watching powerful dramas that teach our children to think about life in ways that are not true.

Proverbs 12:15–16 says: "The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Trump is like a Shakespearean 'fool': he seems crass because he speaks the truth.

You can do a good job when you play it safe, but you can't do a spectacular job. You have to risk it and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.

Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it-and a greater fool if you count upon it.