305 Quotes About Foolishness

Shame upon him who can look on calmly, and exclaim,‘The foolish girl! she should have waited; she should haveallowed time to wear off the impression; her despair wouldhave been softened, and she would have found another loverto comfort her.’ One might as well say, ‘The fool, to die of afever! why did he not wait till his strength was restored, tillhis blood became calm? all would then have gone well, andhe would have been alive now.

The biggest fool is one who minds the business of others rather than minding his very own

There is a certain solid use in fools. It is not so much that they rush in where angels fear to tread, but rather that they let out what devils intend to do.

He feels spikes everywhere and rushes to impale himself.

And if to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool.

You can buy wisdom from nowhere; but for the foolishness, you don’t have to buy it; it is free and it is everywhere.

Foolproof systems don't take into account the ingenuity of fools

Elizabeth remembered how foolish everyone had felt when they discovered Mr. Mercandy was the victim of a stroke and not a zombie as they’d thought.

Conventional Wisdom" is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today.