Quotes on Foolishness

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.

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

Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. rosencrantz: I understand you not, my lord. hamlet: I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.

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

The mind in its foolishness thinks that it is working in this body. Why should I be bound by one system of nerves, and put the Ego only in one body, if the mind is omnipresent? There is no reason why I should.[Source]_x000D_ _x000D_ The root of that degeneration is egotism - to think that one is just as great as any other, indeed!

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity.

Be a man. Discover where you are now, and go on from there, making the best of things. accept your life, and you might survive it. If you hold back from it, insisting this is not your life, not where you are meant to be, life will pass you by. You may not die from such foolishness, but you might as well be dead for all the good your life will do you or anyone else.

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.

More harm is done by fools through foolishness than is done by evil-doers through wickedness.

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

A way foolishness has of revenging itself is to excommunicate the world.

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet at the same time surpass the one they imitate-which human beings love to do.