foolishness Quotes

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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“If one's lot is cast among fools, it is necessary to study folly.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“Of course, a fool, what with sheer fright and fine sentiments, is always safe.”

― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

topic:fear foolishness

“How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!”

― William Shakespeare, Henry IV

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“the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others.”

― Philip Roth, The Plot Against America

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“What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites.”

― Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia

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“VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.”

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

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“She was a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he sees what God is Doing”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

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“fools rush in where angels fear to tread”

― Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism

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