Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Quotes

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him

There are more fools in the world than there are people.

It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.

The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.

There had never been a shortage of fools in the world

Wishers were ever fools.

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.

The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Fools are without number.

All the Khmer leaders and nobles, all the district chiefs and all the common people are ignorant, stupid, foolish and gullible. They have no idea what is true and what is false.

It is a stupid goose that listens to the fox preach.

There's an expression in Yiddish, which is "der gelernte naar" - a "learned fool." You can know a great deal, you can have a Ph.D., and you can still be a total idiot.

Men are so completely fools by necessity that he is but a fool in a higher strain of folly who does not confess his foolishness.

Children and fools cannot lie.

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal to being a fool.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.