Quotes on Foolish Man

When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.

He promoted the education of the parish clergy and wrote: He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

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

The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed and said, "This is too hard a thing to do, and it will take too long. Were it not better to count only the wise?"

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a coarse man, vulgar.

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

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.