Quotes 81 till 100 of 133.
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Silence is the wit of fools.
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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
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Spite of all the fools that pride has made, 'Tis not on man a useless burthen laid; Pride has ennobled some, and some disgraced; It hurts not in itself, but as 'tis placed; When right, its views know none but virtue's bound; When wrong, it scarcely looks one inch around.
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Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.
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Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
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The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
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The Guide sang: The new age, the new art, the new ethic and thought, And fools crying, Because it has begun It will continue as it has begun! The wheel runs fast, therefore the wheel will run Faster for ever, The old age is done, We have new lights and see without the sun.
The Pilgrims Regress (1933) Pilgrims Regress 186-187 -
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.
Bernard M. Baruch
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The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
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The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
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The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
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The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbor.
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The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.
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Then leave Complaints: Fools only strive
To make a Great an Honest Hive.
T'enjoy the World's Conveniences,
Be fam'd in War, yet live in Ease,
Without great Vices, is a vain
Eutopia seated in the Brain.The Fable of the Bees The Moral, line 1, p. 23
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