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“It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.”

Lying Half Wise Danger Fool

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.”

Knows Men Action Practice Danger He Man Fool Headstrong

Book:This Business of Living

Source: This Business of Living

“The danger which threatens us comes from Labour...Those who think that the Conservative or Unionist Party, standing as such and disavowing its Liberal allies, could return with a working majority are living in a fools paradise and, if they persist, may easily involve themselves and the country in dangers the outcome of which it is hard to predict.”

Ifs Thinking May Country Hard Party Danger Fool Return Standing Majority Conservative Outcomes Paradise Labour Allies Persist

Author:Austen Chamberlain

“Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.”

Made Parent Danger Fool Unlucky Partiality Fondling

Author:Roger L'Estrange

“'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.”

Sleep Lord Dangerous Danger Flower Fool Cold Drink Safety Pluck Nettles

Book:Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)

Source: Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)

“It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.”

Men Mind Wise Danger Fool Oppression Dread

Author:Gautama Buddha

“The way in which a certain kind of political idealism has been discredited and scorned makes the danger not that intellectuals keep on making fools of themselves, formulating political opinions when they might not be as informed as they might be, but that they retreat and leave politics to the professionals.”

Way Kind Has Beens Might Political Certain Opinion Danger Fool Idealism Retreat Scorned Political Opinions

Author:Susan Sontag

“Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.”

People World Funny Society Danger Fool Percent Nine Insane Insanity Ninety Ninety Nine Contagion Insanity And Sanity

Author:Thornton Wilder