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“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just...”
“In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes”
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
“He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.”
“Dzieje kultury wykazuj, ze gupota jest siostr bliniacz rozumu, ona ronie najbujniej nie na glebie dziewiczej ignorancji , lecz na gruncie uprawnym sidmym potem doktorw i profesorw. Wielkie absurdy ...”
“Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules,Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.”
“The madness in the heart is the state of mind.”
“Madness is witlessnesss.”
“Never mistaken humility for foolishness, nor pride for power.”
“Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.”
“Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.”
“If you know, you are smart then never try to negotiate your intelligence for the inept.”
“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”
“If human foolishness had been as carefully nurtured and cultivated as intelligence has been for centuries, perhaps it would have turned into something extremely precious.”
“Man was bestowed with intelligence, only to gauge his foolishness!”
“Royse Bergon: "I've seen your integrity in action. It...widened my world. I'd been raised by my father, who is a prudent, cautious man, always looking for men's hidden, selfish motivations. No one ...”
“Madness is blackness.”
“When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true s...”
“I was infatuated once with a foolish, besotted affection, that clung to him in spite of his unworthiness, but it is fairly gone now--wholly crushed and withered away; and he has none but himself an...”
“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather than to ask, so that the voice of the novel can hardly be heard over ...”
