Quotes about Fool

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 a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.

Only a fool tries to outsmart smart people, and anyone that tries to fool fools is himself already one.

Who can free himself from achievement And from fame, descend and be lost Amid the masses of men? He will flow like Tao, unseen, He will go about like Life itself With no name and no home. Simple is he, without distinction. To all appearances he is a fool. His steps leave no trace. He has no power. He achieves nothing, has no reputation. Since he judges no one No one judges him. Such is the perfect man: His boat is empty.

any fool knows that you don't need money to get enjoyment out of life.

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

A blessing she was reckless enough to take for granted, lean on, as though Sweet Home was one... A bigger fool never lived.

There is too much concern with what works and sells than with gospel truth. It is tempting, and better for one's self-esteem, to be "like other nations" (1 Sam. 8:20) than to be a resident alien, a marginalized weakling, or a fool.

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot.