Pastoral Resources

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other people about them. They want to appear healthier than they are, smarter, more honest and so forth.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

Only a genius can play a fool.

Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

I was always a show-off - as a kid I was never afraid to make a fool of myself, and I guess that's still true.

People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we're gonna fool them.