“Life goes before we know what it is. / One fool is enough in any house. / Even God gets tired of too much hallelujah. / Take it easy and live long as brothers.” KnowsLongEnoughHouseEasyToo MuchBrotherFoolTiredHallelujahTake It Easy Book:The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg Source: The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg
“I've realized that somebody who's tired and needs a rest, and goes on working all the same is a fool.” NeedsFoolGoes OnTired Author:Carl Jung
“A closed mouth gathers no foot. A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.” ThinkingFirstsLooksFeetHugeFoolMouthsMethodTiredProofBlockConclusionElephantsChipsMarbleSculptingFool Proof Author:David Gries
“Put him in there and chain him up," he ordered curtly. "Yes, that chain, you fool - do you see any other chain in that cell? Peaceable Sherwood? I'm tired of hearing about Peaceable Sherwood! Turn him loose in the cell for the night. - Which one of you said 'Where'll he be by morning?' Where does he look like he's going to be by morning, I ask you - a hundred and fifty miles away?" I was, to be exact, only seven and a half miles away by morning.” LooksDoeSaidNightTurnsAsksHalfMorningFoolHundredTiredSevenHearingMilesChainsCellsFiftyI'm TiredMiles Away Author:Elizabeth Marie Pope
“Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but weariness as I watch the approach of one more episode in the old, tired story of men who try to beat life, the smart ones who think they know it all and die with a look of surprise on their faces: at the final moment they always see the truth - they never really understood anything, never held anything in their hands. An old story, old and boring.” ThinkingKnowsMenFeelsTryingLooksHas BeensMomentsStoriesHandsFacesDiesWatchesWorryFoolApproachSmartBeatsUnderstoodTiredSurpriseFinalsBoringEpisodesWearinessKnow It All Author:Álvaro Mutis