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“A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.”

Thinking Men Giving Time Wise Fool Mouths Sticks Novelists Pipe Time To Think Lecturer Essayists

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]”

Men May Mistake Fool Sticks Second Thoughts

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Oh, welcome to this world of fools, of pink champagne and swimming pools, where all you have to lose is your virginity. Perhaps you'll have some fun tonight, just stick around and take a bite, of life. We don't need feebleness in this proximity.”

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Author:Les Claypool

“Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time, up to the last moment, to bring before a wise man arguments that may entirely change his opinion.”

Men Firsts May Moments Lasts Winning Opinion Wise Fool Argument Sticks

Book:Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms

Source: Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms

“Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You stick to the life and let the fools stick to the death!”

Life Firsts Fool Praise Sticks Superiors Life Death Martyrdom

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.”

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Author:Chanakya

“Don't you understand how dramatic it is to be a comic? To be a fool, to get people to laugh at this show-off? Milton Berle could take Laurence Olivier and stick him under the table if he wanted to. And so could I.”

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Author:Jerry Lewis

“Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash.”

Two Ends Quality Knowing Fool Sticks

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn