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Men were foolish and were made only so that they should die, while mountains and rivers went on for ever and did not notice the passing of time. — Roald Dahl

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

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed. — Robert Bloch

Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. — Gautama Buddha

Foolish men say things in anger that they later regret and an angry tongue does not mean one is guilty. — Julie Garwood

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child. — Brandon Sanderson

No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had — Samuel Johnson

Darling girl, blinded by foolish thoughts of love. How to tell her that the hearts of men were not so easily won. If won, rarely kept. — Kate Morton

It is a foolish prince who entrusts the safety of his lands to hired men. — Niccolo Machiavelli

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

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

It's easy enough to make the truth look silly. A man never seems more foolish-like than he does when he's speaking his whole mind and heart. — Margery Allingham

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example. — Don Meyer

As a vessel is known by its sound whether it be cracked or not, so men are proved by their speeches whether they be wise or foolish. — Demosthenes

A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done. — Laozi

I pray-for fashion's word is out And prayer comes round again- That I may seem, though I die old, A foolish, passionate man. — William Butler Yeats

A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. — Adlai Stevenson I

But who, except God, can say whether a man is right or foolish if he follows the call of his conscience? — Muhammad Asad

The foolish undertake a trifling act, and soon desist, discouraged; wise men engage in mighty works, and persevere. — Magha

A foolish woman believes that loyalty is automatic. A wise woman knows that it is earned. — Shannon L. Alder

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

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men — Theodor Reik

It is a foolish man who believes that the status quo can be maintained indefinitely. — Charley Reese

Pride often led men to foolish ends. — Alex Westmore

The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then. — John Wolcot

Whoever puts his confidence in men or in any creature is very foolish. — Thomas A Kempis

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

Men are foolish creatures sometimes, even the wisest of them." Marion — G.A. Henty

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. — George Eliot

For why should not the wine of their own country satisfy men's desires, unless they were to import water also, like the foolish Persian kings? — Clement Of Alexandria

Wise men will change their minds while the foolish stubbornly cling to their pride. — Terron James

Why did men have to ruin everything? The answer was simple, she supposed - because foolish women gave them the chance — Tessa Dare

Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men. — Thomas Fuller

It takes more than a wise man to keep track of a foolish woman. — Minna Antrim

The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. — Finley Peter Dunne

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been. — William Golding

A foolish man ... built his house upon the sand. — Matthew McConaughey

Education makes some men wiser, others more ridiculous and foolish! — Norm MacDonald

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones. — Chanakya

Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens. — Michel De Montaigne

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived. — George S. Patton Jr.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart. — Joseph Addison

Many men do not look their part. Wisdom may wait behind a foolish smile, bravery can gaze from eyes that cry fright. — Mark Lawrence

How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

How foolish it would be if women did not obey men. The world would be all confusion! — Marie Corelli

A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed. — Baltasar Gracian

I think are foolish to pretend they are equal to men,they are far superior and always have been. -William Golding — William Golding

Wise men verifies the truth of what they heard, foolish men makes conclusion based on what they heard". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

What does wine do to men?"
"It makes them more foolish at a higher volume. — Maya Rodale

Foolish men always believe that a little knowledge will give them control over the world, but it is no more than a display of their vanity. — J. P. Vinluca

The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself. — Bertrand Russell

It's foolish men who die for their country. The intelligent ones make others die for their country instead. — Anonymous

A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left. — Solomon

O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below! — Dante Alighieri

I train very hard, until I am sick. Sometimes I train like a foolish man who has no mind. — Hicham El Guerrouj

An infatuated man is not only foolish, but wild. — George Crabbe

I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things- which I happen to regret, more or less, afterwards. — Vincent Van Gogh

Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason. — Gelett Burgess

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say. — Confucius

Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man. — Christopher Hitchens

If a man is wise, he gets rich an' if he gets rich, he gets foolish, or his wife does. That's what keeps the money movin' around. — Finley Peter Dunne

A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof. — Roger Chamberlain

The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't want to give too much ink to foolish men. — Tori Amos

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

Greed makes man blind and foolish, and makes him an easy prey for death. — Rumi

Men are foolish to expect us to revere them, when, in the end, they amount to almost nothing. — Anne Desclos

All men burn with foolish jealousy, but women are fools to take delight in it. This world is full of fools no matter where you look. — Isuna Hasekura