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“People give ear to an upstart astrologer [Copernicus]...this fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy”

People Giving Wish Fool Ears Astronomy Reverse Copernicus Upstart

Author:Martin Luther

“Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.”

Seems Wish Wise Fool Foolish Folly

Author:Quintilian

“Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the Approaches of the last. Learn of the skillful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master.”

Lasts Past Wish Enjoy Hours Teach Masters Fool Approach Skillful

Book:Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack

“The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with it; so is that of the other, because he distinguishes every moment of it with useful or amusing thoughts--or, in other words, because the one is always wishing it away, and the other always enjoying it.”

Knows Men Long Doe Ideas Moments Time Passion Wish Enjoy Hours Wise Fool Amusing

Book:The works of Joseph Addison: including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition, with letters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

Source: The works of Joseph Addison: including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition, with letters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works

“As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It proves that football is attractive. What upsets me, what I find scandalous is when clubs accept fools.”

Long Wish Accepting Football Serious Fool Prove Clubs Upset Attractive Investors Scandalous

Author:Sepp Blatter

“What an infernal set of fools those schoolmarms must be! Well, if in order to please men they wish to live on air, let them. The sooner the present generation of women dies out, the better. We have idiots enough in the world now without such women propagating any more.”

Ifs Men World Wells Enough Order Dies Wish Generations Air Fool Please Idiot Wages

Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton