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Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave.
— Frances Wright
Any fool can make soap. It takes a clever man to sell it.
— Thomas J. Barratt
Any ignorant fool can fail to turn someone else into a frog. You have to be clever to refrain from doing it when you know how easy it is.
— Terry Pratchett
Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Now here is a riddle," Melisandre said. "A clever fool and a foolish wise man.
— George R R Martin
A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever.
— Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
Clever as I am, I remain just as big a fool as anyone else.
— J.K. Rowling
A clever fool and a foolish wise man.
— George R R Martin
Some fool aims to go to heaven; some clever knows that there isn't any; and some intelligent tries to create one with his own effort! Be intelligent!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
— Charles Maurice De Talleyrand
Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
Luke Jermay is as devious as he's clever, and he's a Master at complication - with this take on TTTCBE he might just fool the Devil ...
— Roberto Giobbi
Any fool can "obey" an order,' Hamo said, darkly. 'The clever thing is to interpret it.
— William Boyd
The greatest fools in the universe are men who think they are smarter than women.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool.
— John Lennon
Fool is full, clever is empty!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
— Rudyard Kipling