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“Man is without doubt the most interesting fool there is. He concedes that God made the angels immune from pain and death, and that he could have been similarly kind to man, but denies that he was under any moral obligation to do so.”

Men Kind Has Beens Made Pain Interesting Moral Doubt Fool Angel Deny Obligation Could Have Been Most Interesting Immune Moral Obligation

Author:Mark Twain

“These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.”

Ifs Men Doubt Written Fool Praise Confusion Damn Umpires

Author:Dylan Thomas

“Since Don Quixote de la Mancha is a crazy fool and a madman, and since Sancho Panza, his squire, knows it, yet, for all that, serves and follows him, and hangs on these empty promises of his, there can be no doubt that he is more of a madman and a fool than his master.”

Knows Doubt Crazy Masters Fool Promise Empty No Doubt Madmen Squires Empty Promises

Book:The adventures of Don Quixote

Source: The adventures of Don Quixote

“There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.”

States Left Doubt Fool Elements Hollywood Organization Police No Doubt Broadway Police State

Book:Elia Kazan: Interviews

Source: Elia Kazan: Interviews

“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one's self a fool.”

May Self Doubt Fool Hero Prove Obstacles Heroic Heroism Truest Greatest Obstacles

Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The man that gets drunk is little else than a fool, And is in the habit, no doubt, of advocating for Home Rule; But the best Home Rule for him, as far as I can understand, Is the abolition of strong drink from the land.”

Men Littles I Can Home Strong Doubt Land He Man Fool Habit Drink Drunk No Doubt Abolition Advocating Strong Drink Home Rule

Author:William Topaz McGonagall

“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.”

Knows May Self Wisdom Doubt Fool Ought Prove Obstacles Heroic Heroism Truest Greatest Obstacles

Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.”

“To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools.”

Men Firsts May Today Action Past Principles Doubt Fool Tomorrow Mark Consistent Civilized Refuge Consistency

Author:Hyman Rickover

“I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.”

Thinking Hands Half Doubt Wise Fool Goes On Vanity Despise Ambitious Restless Stimulus Exertion Ploughing

Author:Thomas Huxley

“I thought, giving Jeb Bush the benefit of the doubt all these years, that he was sitting, saying, what a numbnut, what an idiot. My brother's a fool. He's listening to these neocons that talked him into this war. Dad would have never done this.”

Giving Years War Done Doubt Brother Listening Fool Dad Benefits Sitting Idiot My Brother Benefit Of The Doubt

Author:Chris Matthews

“Jonathan Swift wrote that it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. It is also better to repeat yourself and be thought a scold than to speak only once and never be heard.”

Speak Doubt Heard Fool Mouths Silent Repeats Remove

Book:A Guide to Christian Ambition: Using Career, Politics, and Culture to Influence the World

Source: A Guide to Christian Ambition: Using Career, Politics, and Culture to Influence the World