“You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.” — Eden Phillpotts, The Ring Fence
Tag: foolishness
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“To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish.” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden
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“The wise make great use of adversity. The foolish whine about it.” — Dee Hock, Autobiography of a Restless Mind
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“Sometime when you’re talking up a storm so brilliant, so charming that you can hardly believe how wonderful you are, pause just a moment and listen to yourself. It’s good for the soul to hear yourself as others hear you, and next time maybe, just maybe, you will not talk so much, so loudly, so brilliantly, so charmingly, so utterly shamefully foolishly.” — Russell Baker, “10 Ways to Avoid Mucking Up the World Any Worse Than It Already Is,” Connecticut College, (1995-05-27)
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“We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.” — Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom
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“Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.” — W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer’s Notebook
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