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A fool is a thorn in his own flesh,
and day after day his wounds worsen.
The more he serves folly,
the more foolish he becomes. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish. — John Ray

We should never hesitate to listen to a fool about life because life is pretty foolish as far as I can tell. — P. J. O'Rourke

You are foolish, but without fools there would be no wisdom — John Colton

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

A wise person can never be truly poor;
a foolish person can never be truly rich. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Now here is a riddle," Melisandre said. "A clever fool and a foolish wise man. — George R R Martin

Let the fools hold on to their treasured stupidity
Let yourself be safe in wisdom with much rapidity — Munia Khan

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish. — Euripides

I was foolish because I believed in you. You are a fool because you believe in yourself! — J. California Cooper

If you don't want to be foolish, don't try to fool anyone. — Debasish Mridha

Who's the more foolish; the fool, or the fool who follows him? — George Lucas

Foolish people inflict pain upon them self which is worse than what an enemy can bring upon. — Thiruvalluvar

Publicity is just a foolish act done by wise people confidently, to fool the world. — Pratik Akkawar

And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool. — Sophocles

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

Nothing wrong with looking like a fool if what you are doing is far from foolish. — Paulo Coelho

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness. — Elbert Hubbard

If I don't fool you, I'm not doing my job as a magician.
If I make you feel foolish, I'm not doing my job as a human being. — Jerry Andrus

My wisdom absent of God's wisdom is nothing more than a best-guess. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

This letter has gotten foolish, and I think you know how I detest looking like a fool. But still I do. For you. — Kiera Cass

A clever fool and a foolish wise man. — George R R Martin

A doctor who doesn't say too many foolish things is a patient half-cured. — Marcel Proust

You see I'm such a fool that I'm never afraid of appearing foolish. — Dorothy Day

Count your blessings and be grateful not a great fool. — Habeeb Akande

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better. — John Brunner

Foolish minds will entertain you, but confuse minds will irritate you. — Amit Kalantri

(Arbell)The ungrateful gorgeous bitch. — Paul Hoffman

Men like honesty when it favours them. — Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

Fools die happy. The happy die young. The young die foolish. — Alex Gaskarth

Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit. — William Shakespeare

There are consequences to ignoring consequences that are a consequence of my blatant unwillingness to learn from my consequences. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Only foolish fishes wish to fly! — Israelmore Ayivor

I love foolish people because I am not enough of a fool to not love them. — Debasish Mridha

Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions. — Arthur Schopenhauer

When enemies, the intellect and the heart only see one another as the hater and the fool. — Criss Jami

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. — Bruce Lee

We often throw rocks not realizing that they're going to land somewhere. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

People who smoke would have probably been regarded as fools or insane, if only a percentage of people who smoke smoked. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A dog to vomit does turn,
A fool to folly but return,
The wise err and learn,
Gaining from each burn. — Munindra Misra

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine. — Barry Goldwater

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it? — Alec Guinness

To be full of yourself is to make a fool of yourself. — Ashly Lorenzana

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions. — Charles Proteus Steinmetz

The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them. — Criss Jami

The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them. — Diane Johnson

How foolish it is for me to be completely honest with my wife about my shortcomings, but try to fool God! — Francis Chan

And, beginning to grind his teeth again, Pyotr Petrovich admitted that he'd been a fool
but only to himself, of course. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is justice nowhere for a fool. A fool they whip even in the Holy Temple. — Anzia Yezierska

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. — Euripides

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one. — Moliere

The wise see in the dark;
the foolish are blind, even in light. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise are in the light,
moving forward;
the foolish are in the dark,
moving backwards. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The wise teach, the righteous learn from them; the foolish disregard any knowledge handed to them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Foolish: It's all foolish. Life is a farce a stupid, sickening farce played out by fools. — David Gemmell

It is the fool who declares 'I am ascending the summit,' while he's toddling around in the ditch. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utter lack of greatness. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The fools ran after me and I ran after the whores, foolish though I realized such a proceeding to be. — C.S. Forester

If people are always comfortable with you, you're probably not telling them the whole truth. — Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of awe and disbelief. "Ever. — Patrick Rothfuss

Only a fool would be fighting them, my queen, and though I am a fool, I'm not that foolish. (Lutian) — Kinley MacGregor

To forget is to render the pages of history as entirely blank, and the lessons of history as never taught. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Maybe I am just an old fool with foolish thoughts, but those foolish thoughts allow this old fool to sleep quite comfortably at night. — S.A. Tawks

Luthicer hummed. "You're either brave or very foolish."
"What's the difference?" (Eric) — Shannon A. Thompson

A foolish son has no advantage over an orphan. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.] — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

The foolish experience much,
but learn little.
The wise experience little,
but learn much. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Any man, you'll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool. — Julia Quinn

A sage is a former fool who has become tired of himself.
A foolish sage is one who forgets this.
Remember, or come full circle. — Vera Nazarian

I know you think me foolish, but then, I am the Fool. You know then I must be Foolish. — Robin Hobb