Subject: Intelligence » Fools (Page 5)

April 1: The day we are reminded of what we are the other 364.

We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

(1897 – 1982) French writer

The less a person knows, the more he wants to tell it.

When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

A fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a small mountain: everything appears small to him and he appears small to everybody.

When arguing with a stupid person, be sure he isn’t doing the same thing.

Never argue with a fool… people might not know the difference.

Little things affect little minds.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

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

(1741 – 1794) French writer

A fool with a plan can beat a genius with no plan.

(1928 – 2019) American business magnate a&d financier

Jazz: Music invented by demons for the torture of imbeciles.

(1852 – 1933) author, educator & clergyman

A fool and his money are soon elected.

A fool and your money are soon partners.

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

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

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn’t be any fun living in it, or profit.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.

(1938 – 2007) British writer

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

(1904 – 1989) Spanish surrealist painter

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

(1897 – 1975) American author & playwright

A fool and his money is a friend indeed.