Quotes about fools and foolishness

"He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit."

Shakespeare, William on fools and foolishness   

"Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it."

Shaw, George Bernard on fools and foolishness   

"On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks."

Smith, H. Allen on fools and foolishness   

"Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine."

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"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools."

Spencer, Herbert on fools and foolishness   

"The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered."

Steele, Sir Richard on fools and foolishness   

"That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them."

Sutro, Alfred on fools and foolishness   

"The folly of all follies is to be love sick for a shadow."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on fools and foolishness   

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"I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher."

Twain, Mark on fools and foolishness
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"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Twain, Mark on fools and foolishness
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"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt."

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"It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious."

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"It is rude to silence a fool, and cruelty to let him go on."

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"Its quite true there's a fool born every minute. It's also quite true they don't die that fast."

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"Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum."

Updike, John on fools and foolishness