"I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"Silence is the wit of fools."

Anatole France, French Novelist

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"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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"There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

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"The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."

"Silence is the wit of fools."

"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool."

"It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is."

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"To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself."

"There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon."

"No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing."

"The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool."

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"The severity of the laws prevents their execution."

"An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations."

"If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are."

"An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war."

"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."