Foolish Behavior Quotes

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

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

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you savagely. What a blessing such an irritating critic will be to a wise man, what an intolerable nuisance to a fool!

Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men.

Learning makes the wise wiser and the fool more foolish.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.

If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.

The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.

Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.

Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the Unreasoning Animal... In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which the other animals easily learn, he is incapable of learning. Among my experiments was this. In an hour I taught a cat and a dog to be friends. I put them in a cage. In another hour I taught them to be friends with a rabbit. In the course of two days I was able to add a fox, a goose, a squirrel and some doves. Finally a monkey. They lived together in peace; even affectionately.

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.

Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit.

It’s very hard to write regulations that will prevent people from acting foolishly—particularly when acting foolishly has recently made them a lot of money.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

A person who doesn't learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool

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

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.