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- Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.
- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
- You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
- Colette (1873 - 1954), in New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1961
- The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
- The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
- James Oppenheim
- Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
- Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
- We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.
- Sir Richard Steele
- Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.
- George S. Patton (1885 - 1945), (attributed)
- Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
- Edward Young (1683 - 1765)
- Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.
- Julius Rosenwald (1862 - 1932)
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