Subject: Intelligence » Fools

Circus: A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Fools Murphy’s Laws Wisdom

If you make something idiot-proof, the world will create a better idiot.

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In the first place God made idiots; that was for practice; then he made school boards.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
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Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat
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The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)
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You cannot compile a wit out of two half-wits.

(1933 – 1967) English playwright
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He’s a fool that makes his doctor his heir.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor
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Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.

(1925 – ) writer
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There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
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A fool and his money are soon partying.

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Most people don't act stupid: it's the real thing!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
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Fools rush in… and get the best seats.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
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When arguing with a stupid person, be sure he isn’t doing the same thing.

Fools Intelligence

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
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Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

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There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

(1741 – 1794) French writer
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Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Work

How many fools does it take to make up a public?

(1741 – 1794) French writer
Fools Intelligence

Intimacy: A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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