Josh Cooke Quotes

Love's for fools wise enough to take a chance.

A wise man can be a fool in love.

Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.

Imagination cannot make fools wise, but it makes them happy, as against reason, which only makes its friends wretched: one covers them with glory, the other with shame.

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

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

Silence is the best answer to a fool.

To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool.

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

The wise needn't ask, the fool asks in vain.

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom.

Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous.

I always remember what Bob Dylan said in that [Martin] Scorsese documentary on him. When he was asked about Joan Baez's complaints about the way he treated her when they were together, Dylan laughed and said, "It's impossible to be in love and wise at the same time."

In all superstition wise men follow fools.

Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.

If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool.