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“Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.”

Thinking Men Earth Water Sky Fool Creatures Paris Japan Swim Rome Creeps Iceland

Author:Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

“I hear it's better to use animal products than synthetics, which are harmful to humans and the earth... but destroying one segment of the creation to allegedly save another is the idea of fools!!!”

Humans Ideas Use Earth Animal Creation Products Fool Destroying Animal Rights

Author:Adela Popescu

“A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.”

Ifs Men Government Would Be Earth Joy Fool Great Joy Detest Bad Government

Book:The Left Hand of Darkness

Source: The Left Hand of Darkness

“The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy, but as the Holy Scripture shows, it was the sun and not the earth which Joshua ordered to stand still.”

Stills Whole Shows Earth Sun Fool Holy Astronomy Scripture Upset Holy Scriptures

Author:Martin Luther

“Christians believe themselves to be the aristocracy of heaven upon earth, they are admitted to the spiritual court, while millions of men in foreign lands have never been presented. They bow their knees and say they are 'miserable sinners,' and their hearts rankle with abominable pride. Poor infatuated fools! Their servility is real and their insolence is real but their king is a phantom and their palace is a dream.”

Source: The Martyrdom of Man

“Earth bears no balsams for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will: but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool.”

Men Earth Prayer Mistake Lord Fool Bears Tools Crowns Merciful Knaves Scourge

Author:Edward Rowland Sill

“What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.”

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson

“A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools”

Earth Heaven Planets Fool Covered

Author:Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

“An assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth.”

Men Earth Fool Great Men Assembly

Book:Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life, written by himself : together with essays, humourous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator : in two volumes

Source: Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life, written by himself : together with essays, humourous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator : in two volumes

“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.”

Source: John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings

“There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time.”

Earth Generations Fool Walking Succeed Delusion

Book:The Solitaire Mystery

Source: The Solitaire Mystery

“I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.”