Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
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I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
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I have great faith in fools self confidence my friends call it.
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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
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Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet; I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, supercargoes, sharpers, and directors. POPE: Satire i., Line 69. Prepare for rhyme I'll publish, right or wrong; Fools are my th
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Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
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For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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So by false learning is good sense defac'd; Some are bewilder'd in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools.
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Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise, For envy is a kind of praise.
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Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet, now and then, your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.
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God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
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Ninety nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.
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We are great fools: He has spent his life in idleness. We say, I have done nothing today. Really, have you not lived? This is not only the most fundamental but the most illustrious of your occupations? Have you been able to think about and manage you
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I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'tis only to them that they are blessings.
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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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Fools make researches and wise men exploit them.
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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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Oh, welcome to this world of fools, of pink champagne and swimming pools, where all you have to lose is your virginity. Perhaps you'll have some fun tonight, just stick around and take a bite, of life. We don't need feebleness in this proximity.
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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
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Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon with them, but they are the money of fools.
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