#foolishness

"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit."

"Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it."

"Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else."

"She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted, believed what they wanted."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."

"Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves."

"Animals do it largely for the REPRODUCTION, but so-called Social Animals (People) do it regularly thinking that it will give them SATISFACTION."

"He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while."

"Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it."

"Be willing for purpose; it pays huge returns on investment. And along the journey, those who dis your willing sacrifice(s) will ponder their own foolishness."

"A wise person is silent and rarely wants to show his wisdom. A fool is always vocal and uses every opportunity to show his foolishness."

"A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool."

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

"Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?"

"The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one."

"Our wisdom comes from our experience,and our experience comes from our foolishness."