“All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought / Are painted by madmen as sure as a groat; / For the greater the fool in the pencil more blest, / And when they are drunk they always paint best.” GreaterFoolPaintDrunkPencilsMadmenDrunkenness Book:Blake: The Complete Poems Source: Blake: The Complete Poems
“There is only one greater folly than that of the fool who says in his heart there is no God, and that is the folly of the people that says with its head that it does not know whether there is a God or not.” PeopleKnowsHeartDoeGreaterFoolFollyThere Is No God Author:Otto von Bismarck
“Don't get upset with your imperfections. It's a great mistake because it leads nowhere - to get angry because you are angry, upset at being upset, depressed at being depressed, disappointed because you are disappointed. So don't fool yourself. Simply surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is always greater than our weakness.” InspirationFaithMistakeGreaterFoolWeaknessAngryChristian InspirationalSurrenderUpsetDisappointedImperfectionGod's LovePower Of GodGreat MistakesBeing Depressed Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.” GreaterFoolOffenseAdversaries Author:Brigham Young
“Old fools are greater fools than young ones.” YoungGreaterFoolYoung Ones Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“But once a fool always a fool, and the greater the power in his hands the more disastrous is likely to be the use he makes of it. The heaviest calamity in English history, the breach with America, might never have occurred if George the Third had not been an honest dullard.” IfsUseHandsMightAmericaGreaterHonestFoolThirdsCalamityBreachEnglish History Author:James G. Frazer
“Fools gain greater advantages through their weakness than intelligent men through their strength. We watch a great man struggling against fate and we do not lift a finger to help him. But we patronize a grocer who is headed for bankruptcy.” MenHelpingWatchesStruggleGreaterFateFoolWeaknessGainsAdvantageIntelligentFingersLiftsGreat MenBankruptcyIntelligent ManGrocers Author:Honore de Balzac
“Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words.” MenPersonsReasonSeemsAnswersSilenceGreaterWiseFoolFairsSatisfiedOccasionsBreedingUnreasonable Author:Plutarch
“I believe [in God], and then there are times when I don't, because the nature of the universe tells me that I'm a fool to believe in something greater than myself. And then there are times when I'm absolutely in awe of the greatness of God, or whatever name you want to attach to whatever it is that's controlling our lives.” WantBelieveUniverseNamesI BelieveGreaterOur LivesGreatnessFoolI Believe InAweBelieve In GodGreatness Of GodI Believe In God Author:Tom Fontana
“There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.” ThinkingMenWisdomGreaterWiseHe ManFoolSuspectsWiser Author:Margaret of Valois
“If you are sure of tomorrow, there is no fool greater than you!” IfsGreaterFoolTomorrow Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan