F Quotes
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“Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house.”
“Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.”
Source: Sophocles: Fragments
“Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance.”
“Foolishness pours out of an open mouth....
but wisdom sneaks in through the ears.”
Source: The Dread: The Fallen Kings Cycle: Book Two
“Foolishness sleeps soundly, while knowledge turns with each thinking hour, longing for the dawn of answers.”
“Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.”
“Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.”
“Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.”
Source: The Complete Romances of Voltaire
“Fools admire, but men of sense approve.”
“Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.”
“Fools and wise men are equally harmless. It is the half-fools and half-wise that are dangerous.”
“Fools are apt to imitate only the defects of their betters.”
Source: The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author
“Fools are as like husbands as pilchards are to herrings, the husband's the bigger.”
“Fools are bereaft of knowledge. Their ideas are like castle built in the air.”
Source: THE HONEYMOON: A SACRED AND UNFORGETTABLE SAVOUR OF A BLISSFUL MARITAL JOURNEY
“Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.”
Source: Foucault's Pendulum
“Fools are lazy, and they will give or let go of opportunities that will leave them vulnerable to problems in the future.”
Source: The Quote-DAH.: A Wise Choice was Surrounded by Wisdom.
“Fools are more healthy then the so-called wise. Thy live in the moment and they know that thy are fools, so thy are not worried about what others think about them.”
“Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.”
“Fools are not mad folks.”
Source: Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear
“Fools are the gift of the God to glorify the wise!”
“Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.”
Source: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
“Fools are those that believe smiles are a sign of happiness”
“Fools are those who do not understand, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Take your actions carefully to avoid unwanted results”
“Fools are very often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods are the most closely glued together.”
Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“Fools are wise until they speak.”
“Fools are without number.”
“Fools, as it has long been said, are indeed separated, soon or eventually, from their money. So, alas, are those who, responding to a general mood of optimism, are captured by a sense of their own financial acumen. Thus it has been for centuries; thus in the long future it will also be.”
Source: A Short History of Financial Euphoria
“Fools believe silence is a void needing to be filled; the wise understand there's no such thing as silence.”
Source: Age of Myth
“Fools believe those in power over their own eyes.”
“Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.”
Source: The Shattered Sea Series 3-Book Bundle: Half a King, Half the World, Half a War
“Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.”
“Fools can be trusted precisely because they are fools. Their agendas rarely intersect with your own.”
Source: The Darkness That Comes Before
“Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.”
“Fools convince themselves their enemies are their true friends.”
Source: The King's Traitor
“Fools despise understanding and sound knowledge, they are neither teachable nor coachable but proud to be ignorant and hate discretion. On the other hand the simple are both teachable and coachable, unfortunately they throw away caution, sound judgement and discernment as they believe in every word, story, or false promise imposed on them. That makes them gullible, easily manipulated, brainwashed, deceived or taken advantage of. Unlike the wise, though teachable and coachable but have their guards on to only learn and do what is right.”
“Fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
“Fools die happy. The happy die young. The young die foolish.”
“Fools do not understand men of intelligence.”
Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims
“Fools don’t become better than they were yesterday because they think they will always get tomorrow.”
Source: Hey Humanity
“Fools exploit the world; the wise transfigure it.”
Source: Neville's Spiritual Classics
“Fools fight; winners think.”
Source: Fury's Kiss: A Midnight's Daughter Novel
“Fools follow foolishly their imaginary lookalikes as god. Such silly follies exist not. Seek 'What Is'. And is not.”
“Fools follow rules when the set commands ya...”
“Fools gain greater advantages through their weakness than intelligent men through their strength. We watch a great man struggling against fate and we do not lift a finger to help him. But we patronize a grocer who is headed for bankruptcy.”
“Fools give you reasons and wise men never try.”
“Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.”
“Fools hate to look like fools. Wise men don’t care.”
“Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.”
“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
“Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.”