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

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

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"Suffer fools gladly; they may be right."

Holbrook Jackson, English Writer

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"I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!"

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

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

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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"It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!"

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

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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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"In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time."

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"The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties."

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"Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets."

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"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

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"I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ."

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"Suffer fools gladly; they may be right."

"I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!"

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"It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united."

"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!"

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

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

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

"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way."

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

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"In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time."

"The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties."

"Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets."

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

"I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ."

"My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror."

"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."

"The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety."

"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."

"Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind."