“Men always fool themselves when they give up experience for systems born of the imagination. Man is the work of nature, he exists in nature, he is subject to its laws, he can not break free, he can not leave even in thought; it is in vain that his spirit wants to soar beyond the bounds of the visible world, he is always forced to return.” MenWorldWantGivingLawScienceSpiritNatureBornImaginationNaturalBreakSubjectsFoolReturnGiving UpBoundsVainVisibleCan NotSoar Author:Baron d'Holbach
“When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes.” FeelsShowsEyeActingCompanyMinutesFoolSceneCamerasEverydayBoundsSpendingEveryday LifeCensoring Author:Cesar Romero
“A man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities that they announce them,--defects which it is well not to correct.” MenShouldWellsCharacterShowsQualityFineFoolBoundsDefectsHypocriteMistrust Author:Joseph Joubert
“The worst effect of tutelage is that it negates self-discipline, and therefore people suddenly released from it are almost bound to make fools of themselves.” PeopleSelfWorstEffectsFoolDisciplineBoundsSelf DisciplineTutelage Author:Suzanne La Follette
“If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.” IfsGivingArtDesireFoolPressesBoundsStrangerHarmTheeSwimSparesEstatesMerchants Book:The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works Source: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt: Miscellaneous works
“Have your own doctor, who answers to you. If you don't, when the time comes that you get mixed up with hospitals, they'll treat you like a fool. ... You're bound to lose your health at some point, but you don't have to lose your dignity, too.” IfsLosesAnswersFoolDignityDoctorsTreatsBoundsHospitalsDoctor Who Author:Sarah Louise Delany
“If to break loose from the bounds of reason, and to want that restraint of examination and judgment which keeps us from choosing or doing the worst, be liberty, true liberty, madmen and fools are the only freemen: but yet, I think, nobody would choose to be mad for the sake of such liberty, but he that is mad already.” IfsThinkingWantReasonLibertyBreakWorstFoolJudgmentMadBoundsSakeRestraintExaminationMadmenFreeman Author:John Locke