“A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.”
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Famous Josh Billings Quotes
“It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so.”
“The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.”
“Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.”
“There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.”
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.”
“Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.”
“A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone.”
“Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.”
“Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one.”