Quotes about Foolishness
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
— Anonymous
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not.
— Anonymous
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
— Anonymous
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
— Anonymous
Great men are not always wise.
— Anonymous
Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
— Anonymous
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes.
— Anonymous
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
— Anonymous
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
— Anonymous
He would flay the fox, say the ape's paternoster, return to his sheep, and turn the hogs to the hay. He would beat the dogs before the lion, put the plough before the oxen, and claw where it did not itch.
— Francois Rabelais
Oh, what foolish creatures we are. Cursed with our pride! Cursed with our stubbornness! No wonder God has forsaken us.
— Francine Rivers
Only fools and the dead are content.
— Francine Rivers