A Quotes
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“A fool's bolt is soon shot.”
Source: The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's [!] Last Edition, with a Selection of the Most Important Notes ...
“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
“A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' th' forest,
A motley fool! a miserable world!
As I do live by food, I met a fool
Who laid him down and basked him in the sun
And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms,
In good set terms, and yet a motley fool.”
“A fool, for example, thinks Shakespeare a great poet . . . yet the fool has never read Shakespeare.”
Source: Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe: The New Raven Edition
“A fool, Mr, Edgeworth, is one who has never made an experiment.”
“A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.”
“A fooles bolt is soone shot.”
Source: The Proverbs of John Heywood: Being the
“A foolish angel is better than an intelligent devil.”
“A foolish angel is still better than an intelligent devil.”
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.”
“A foolish dog barks at a flying bird”
“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.”
“A foolish man cleans before becoming dirty”
“A foolish man enjoys the company of prostitutes;
a wise man enjoys the company of his wife.
The mother of a prudent son will rejoice;
the father of a mindless son will groan.”
“A foolish man in the world is afraid of the noise of men.
You know you will never forget this and you will leave
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-This is a good speech (Applause).
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Be calm and focus on your goals. Purpose is what guides life, listen to your heart. But what is out there destroys and builds!”
“A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof.”
“A foolish man
is all night awake,
pondering over everything;
he than grows tired;
and when morning comes,
all is lament as before.”
Source: Pocket Havamal
“A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.”
Source: 道德经
“A foolish man question: “what is love?” A madman answer: “Love is an omnipresent attribute of human life. Our appetite will always be unfulfilled for love. It is better for us because without it, earth will not rotate, seasons will not change, birds will not sing and life will not exit.” What do you think?”
“A FOOLISH MAN SHALL BE RECOGNIZED BY HIS EGO.”
“A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.”
“A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book. "That's such a fortune-cookie answer," I said with a laugh, and even he smirked at me.”
Source: Trylle: The Complete Trilogy
“A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't.”
Source: Trylle: The Complete Trilogy
“A foolish man... built his house upon the sand.”
“A foolish physician he is, and a most unfaithful friend, that will let a sick man die for fear of troubling him; and cruel wretches are we to our friends, that will rather suffer them to go quietly to hell, then we will anger them, or hazard our reputation with them.”
Source: The Saints' Everlasting Rest
“A foolish picture I live in disgust, degradation being eaten by lust.”
“A foolish rabbit is endeared by a foxes’ smile.”
“A foolish ruler is a nation's downfall.”
“A foolish son can only dazzle his father with dirt.”
“A foolish son has no advantage over a wise orphan.”
“A foolish way to get around." Hal smiled. "If the gods had meant us to ride horses, they never would have given us ships.”
“A foolish woman believes that loyalty is automatic. A wise woman knows that it is earned.”
“A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.”
“A foolproof plan for not getting a job - show up for your interview wearing flip flops.”
“A foot note in Scale, Geoffery West:
The full quotation from Einstein is worth repeating because it emphasizes a central dictum of science:
"Propositions arrived at by purely logical means are completely empty as regards reality. Because Galileo saw this, and particularly because he drummed this into the scientific world, he is the father of modern physics, indeed of modern science altogether."
Taken from Einstein's "On the Methods of Theoretical Physics," Essays on modern Science (New York:Dover, 2009) 12-21”
“A football match should be decided by an action of play. Not some contrived process whose end result is to mark a fine player such as Bossis, Baresi or Baggio for the rest of his career.”
“A football team is a like a beautiful woman, when you do not tell her, she forgets she is beautiful”
“A football team is like a company. All of the people working in a company are not supposed to love each other, but they are supposed to be professional.”
“A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.”
“A football team is like a piano; you need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
“A football team is like a society, straight up. There are rapists, but there are creatures and there are film guys.”
“A football team is really a big family. There's a give and take... but a few are working for their name only. They go the whole week trying to figure out who said something, what they said and where it happened instead of showing that they're big men.”
“A football team represents a way of being, a culture.”
“A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?”
Source: The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author
“A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.”
“A fop sometimes gives important advice.”
“A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within.”
Source: Clarissa: Or, The History of a Young Lady Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life; and Particularly Shewing the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage
“A for assimilation is the way,
B for bigotry must be thrown away.
C for conscience when at play,
D for delusions all run away.”
Source: Ain't Enough to Look Human