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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about satire

Fools are building the world and smart ones are ruining it.

Fools are building the world and smart ones are ruining it.

Quote by Emil Cioran about stupidity, intelligence, world

Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself.

Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself.

Quote by Osho about wisdom

Fools are the nightmare of reason.

Fools are the nightmare of reason.

Quote by Costel Zăgan about stupidity, nightmare, reason

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

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

If 50 people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish...

If 50 people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about things, people

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

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young...

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

Quote by George Chapman about age, man, old, olderness

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

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

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Silence is the virtue of fools.

Quote by Francis Bacon about silence, virtue

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

A common mistake that people make when trying to design...

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Quote by Douglas Adams about stupidity, mistake, common sense, people

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