Top 20 quotations about fools
1. You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think. —Talmud
2. If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools. —Talmud
3. A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. —Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
4. The fool wonders, the wise man asks. —Benjamin Disraeli
5. Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. —Henry David Thoreau
6. A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence university education. —George Bernard Shaw
7. A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about. —Miguel de Unamuno
8. A learned fool is more of a fool than an ignorant fool. —Molière
9. Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. —HL Mencken
10.Never tell a fool that he is a fool. All you'll have is an agry fool. —Talmud
11. A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. —HL Mencken
12. One fool at least in every married couple. —Henry Fielding
13. He who hesitates is a damned fool. —Mae West
14. The wise does at once what the fool does at last. —Baltasar Gracian
15. People have discovered that they can fool the devil, but they can't fool the neighbors. —Francis Bacon
16. The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. —Epicurus
17. He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. —Albert Camus
18. A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
—Ronald Dahl
19. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. —Heinrich Heine
20. The fool knows after he's suffered. —Hesiod
Source:
Top 20 Fool Quotations | Psychology Today
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201303/top-20-fool-quotations
8. A learned fool is more of a fool than an ignorant fool. —Molière
9. Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. —HL Mencken
10.Never tell a fool that he is a fool. All you'll have is an agry fool. —Talmud
11. A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. —HL Mencken
12. One fool at least in every married couple. —Henry Fielding
13. He who hesitates is a damned fool. —Mae West
14. The wise does at once what the fool does at last. —Baltasar Gracian
15. People have discovered that they can fool the devil, but they can't fool the neighbors. —Francis Bacon
16. The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. —Epicurus
17. He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. —Albert Camus
18. A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
—Ronald Dahl
19. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. —Heinrich Heine
20. The fool knows after he's suffered. —Hesiod
Source:
Top 20 Fool Quotations | Psychology Today
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201303/top-20-fool-quotations
