J. L. Austin Quotes

Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.

Folly always knows the answer.

Tis better to sit there and look the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

Only the fools are certain and assured.

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

Don't speak to fools, they scorn the wisdom of your words.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

No one but a fool is always right.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel

The people would think I was a fool for not having taken twice as much.

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.

My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 'tis to crow: Don't never prophesy — onless ye know.

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

Anyone who feels like a fool has made a good beginning.

Only a fool is not afraid.

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

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.