Alexander Pushkin Quotes

I always had the sense with her that she didn't suffer fools gladly but that life was taking great pains to show her how.

I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.

He who does not take insults seriously, is on the path to wisdom.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

A reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool.

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

The wisest among us is a fool in some things.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

Only the fools are certain and assured.

Can't react every time you're insulted. Free people absorb destructive things and refuse to be destroyed

Nor is he the wisest man who never proved himself a fool.

The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.

Praise a fool, and slay him; for the canvas of his vanity is spread; His bark is shallow in the water, and a sudden gust shall sink it: Praise a wise man, and speed him on his way; for he carrieth the ballast of humility, And is glad when his course is cheered by the sympathy of brethren ashore.

The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels.

Man is wise only while in search of wisdom; when he imagines he has attained it, he is a fool.

When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, and dignified as a king. Immersed in wonder, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

If being smart is what you say it is, I will remain a fool my entire life.

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.

Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.

Silence is the best answer to a fool.