Fool Quotes - Page 39
The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.
George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.270, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Misalliance preface (1914)
No fools are so difficult to manage as those with some brains.
"Maximes". No. 451 (1665 - 1678). Translation by J. W. Willis Bund and J. Hain Friswell, 1871.
Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1857). “The Works of Francis Bacon”, p.128
Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.
Eric Temple Bell (1945). “Men of Mathematics”
Elbert Hubbard “Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Complete 14 Volumes”, Library of Alexandria
Edmund Burke (1963). “Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches”, p.398, Transaction Publishers
Wine has made me bold, but not foolish; has induced me to say silly things, but not do them.
Duff Cooper (2011). “Old Men Forget”, p.57, Faber & Faber
Dee Hock (2005). “One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization”, p.54, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Darren Shan (2014). “The Saga of Larten Crepsley 1-4 (Birth of a Killer; Ocean of Blood; Palace of the Damned; Brothers to the Death) (The Saga of Larten Crepsley)”, p.61, HarperCollins UK