“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”
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Source: The Way of the Bodhisattva
“Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.”
“Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.”
“Only fools think they're wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.”
“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”
Source: The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
Source: Proverbial philosophy: in 4 ser., now first complete
“A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.”
Source: Poems of King Alfred
Source: Troilus and Cressida
“The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.”
Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside
“I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.”
“Only the fools are certain and assured.”
Source: Complete Essays
“You are foolish, but without fools there would be no wisdom.”
“I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.”
“Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.”
Source: The Notebooks of Samuel Butler
“He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.”
Source: The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments
“Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.”
“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
“A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.”
Source: The Walking Drum
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit
Source: Pensées
“A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.”
“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.”
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”