Nikolai Gogol Quotes

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Who are a little wise the best fools be.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

It needs brains to be a real fool.

Don't be stupid. It's not smart.

Only a genius can play a fool.

There's many a man has more hair than wit.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.

Never argue with a fool - people might not know the difference.

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise.

It is a fool's privilege to laugh at an intelligent man.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

The jester is brother to the sage.

Every day I hear stupid people say things that are not stupid.

And he is oft the wisest manWho is not wise at all.

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

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.

Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up.