309 Quotes About Fools

All too often, a wise or free person is ridiculed, because of ignorance, by fools or slaves.

His mindIt says survival of the fittest butHis soulRevival of the idiotsSo good riddance, dancing

Those who wish to seek out the cause of miracles and to understand the things of nature as philosophers, and not to stare at them in astonishment like fools, are soon considered heretical and impious, and proclaimed as such by those whom the mob adores as the interpreters of nature and the gods. For these men know that, once ignorance is put aside, that wonderment would be taken away, which is the only means by which their authority is preserved.

Blessed are the doubters, for they shall not be easily fooled.

I don’t argue with fools; I educate.

Fools read fast. Geniuses reread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Wise men, fools and lovers,'" Philippe said. "What book contains all three?""Almost any book.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.