Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.

Only a fool can believe people are basically good

Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies.

I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.

No, I don't think you understand just how stupid goblins are. Let me give you an example. One of the B'wa Kell generals, and this is their top fairy, was caught caught trying to pass off forged credit slips by signing his own name.

Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.

Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.' Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.

Fool you once, you are forgiven. Fool you twice, you're just a fool.

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.

Fools, your reward is neither here nor there.

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

Credulity is always ridiculous.

It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced had nothing to say on the subject

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?

It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.

The man who believes in giraffes would swallow anything.

[He] may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time.

Silence is all the genius a fool has.

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.