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A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

Quote by Molière about stupidity

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but...

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

Quote by Francis Bacon about devil, people

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

Quote by Joey Adams about kiss, contentment

Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool...

Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, use

You can fool some people all of the time, and all the...

You can fool some people all of the time, and all the people some of the time, but you can't fool Mum.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about mother, time, people, contentment

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Quote by Charles Haddon Spurgeon about wisdom, knowledge, use, rightness, man

There are two ways of being happy, one is to pretend that...

There are two ways of being happy, one is to pretend that are a fool and the second is to be a genuine fool.

Quote by Enrique Jardiel Poncela about happiness, being

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Quote by Otto von Bismarck about truth, world, contentment

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise

Quote by William Blake about wisdom

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience...

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, experience

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Quote by Francis Bacon about happiness, wisdom, man

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last....

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Quote by Lord Acton about man, people, things

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about problems, experience, country, faith, time, people, contentment

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change...

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Quote by Joseph Addison about common sense, change, man, sense, nature

We can't comment about that yet, but I can tell you one thing about Altman: I trust him. I trust that he knows what's real. That was my whole take on him when I worked with him for the first time on Fool for Love.

Quote by Kim Basinger about real estate, things, time, love, contentment

I go out there and make a fool of myself. It's inevitable.

I go out there and make a fool of myself. It's inevitable.

Quote by Armand Assante

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those...

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.

Quote by George W. Bush about contentment, time, people

Why did she love him? Curious fool - be still - is human...

Why did she love him? Curious fool - be still - is human love the growth of human will?

Quote by George Gordon Byron about human imperfections, love

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.

Quote by Maria Callas about wish, day, happiness, age, olderness

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but...

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Quote by Albert Camus about philosophy, hope, human imperfections

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