Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

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

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

There had never been a shortage of fools in the world

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

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

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.

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

Fools are without number.

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

Nothing surprises me, particularly men and their propensity to be fools.

That isn’t greatness. That’s just foolishness.

"The fool, dwelling on the bank of the Ganga, digs a well for water!" Such are we! Living in the midst of God - we must go and make images.

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

But old fools is the biggest fools there is.

If you send a damned fool to St. Louis, and you don't tell them he's a damned fool, they'll never find out.

Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.

If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.

One of the main faults of a fool is that he never changes his mind.

There is no fool like an educated fool.

He's Black Council," I said. "Or maybe stupid," Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. "Not sure which is scarier." Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. "Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.

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

But what could I do? Be stupid for a while? I wasn't sure I knew how, even after so many years of careful observation.