“Never, ladies, marry a fool. Any husband rather than a fool. With some other husband you may be unhappy, but with a fool you will be miserable.” MayFoolHusbandUnhappyMiserable Book:Roxana; Or, The Fortunate Mistress: And The Life and Adventures of Mother Ross Source: Roxana; Or, The Fortunate Mistress: And The Life and Adventures of Mother Ross
“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.” MenBelieveHeartRealDreamEarthChristianSpiritualHeavenPoorMillionsAtheismLandPrideFoolKingsCourtPositive AtheismMiserableKneesSinnerBowsPalacesAristocracyPhantomsInsolenceInfatuatedServilityForeign Lands Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“The situation that has not its duty, its ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes, here, in this poor, miserable, hampered, despicable actual, wherein thou even now standest, here or nowhere is thy ideal; work it out therefrom, and, working, believe, live, be free. Fool! the ideal is in thyself.” MenBelievePoorSituationDutyFoolIdealsMiserableWorking ItThyselfDespicable Book:Works Source: Works
“A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' th' forest, A motley fool! a miserable world! As I do live by food, I met a fool Who laid him down and basked him in the sun And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms, and yet a motley fool.” WorldTermSunFoolMetsDown AndFortuneForestsMiserableFollyLive By Author:William Shakespeare
“Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.” MenReasonWiseMankindFoolMiserableReason Why Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld