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Fools Quotes

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike - and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two - are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats Picture Quote #1

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; on Earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity Picture Quote #1

Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all men made fools Picture Quote #1

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony Picture Quote #1

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain Picture Quote #1

Death is the crown of life; were death denied, poor man would live in vain; were death denied, to live would not be life; were death denied, ev'n fools would wish to die Picture Quote #1

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Never give up an old tried friend, who has waded through all manner of toil, for your sake, and throw him away because fools may tell you he has some faults Picture Quote #1

It is falling in love with our own mistaken ideas that makes fools and beggars of half mankind Picture Quote #1

We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing Picture Quote #1

Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong! Picture Quote #1

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks Picture Quote #1

Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves Picture Quote #1

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The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love Picture Quote #1

Out, damned spot! Out, I say! And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Picture Quote #1

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power Picture Quote #1

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example Picture Quote #1

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools Picture Quote #1

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white Picture Quote #1

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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools Picture Quote #1

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed Picture Quote #1

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed Picture Quote #1

We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves and spend our flatteries to drink those men upon whose age we void it up again with poisonous spite and envy Picture Quote #1

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom Picture Quote #1

I must have liberty withal, as large a charter as the wind, to blow on whom I please, for so fools have Picture Quote #1

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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth Picture Quote #1

There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the left element in Hollywood and Broadway Picture Quote #1

Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us Picture Quote #1

Well, God give them wisdom that have it, and those that are fools, let them use their talents Picture Quote #1

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all Picture Quote #1

We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card game in which an opponent - or they themselves - was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible Picture Quote #1

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I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike - and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two - are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats (Fools Quotes) In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; on Earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity (Fools Quotes) Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all men made fools (Fools Quotes) Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony (Fools Quotes) To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain (Fools Quotes) Death is the crown of life; were death denied, poor man would live in vain; were death denied, to live would not be life; were death denied, ev'n fools would wish to die (Fools Quotes) Never give up an old tried friend, who has waded through all manner of toil, for your sake, and throw him away because fools may tell you he has some faults (Fools Quotes) It is falling in love with our own mistaken ideas that makes fools and beggars of half mankind (Fools Quotes) We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing (Fools Quotes) Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong! (Fools Quotes) No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks (Fools Quotes) Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves (Fools Quotes) The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love (Fools Quotes) Out, damned spot! Out, I say! And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! (Fools Quotes) Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power (Fools Quotes) Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example (Fools Quotes) A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools (Fools Quotes) Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white (Fools Quotes) History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools (Fools Quotes) It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed (Fools Quotes) Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed (Fools Quotes) We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves and spend our flatteries to drink those men upon whose age we void it up again with poisonous spite and envy (Fools Quotes) Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom (Fools Quotes) I must have liberty withal, as large a charter as the wind, to blow on whom I please, for so fools have (Fools Quotes) For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth (Fools Quotes) There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the left element in Hollywood and Broadway (Fools Quotes) Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us (Fools Quotes) Well, God give them wisdom that have it, and those that are fools, let them use their talents (Fools Quotes) Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all (Fools Quotes) We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card game in which an opponent - or they themselves - was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible (Fools Quotes)

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