"A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool."

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

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Fool,

"He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave."

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

Fool, Reason, Will

"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

Fool, Fools, Law, Learning, University

"When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool."

Levon Helm, American Musician

Fool,

"The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention."

Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

Fool, Man, Misfortune, Unhappiness

"When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed."

Felicity Kendal, English Actress

Fool, Hair

"I'm delighted by how Nobody's Fool turned out. It was a rare movie."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

Fool,

"The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool."

Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright

Fool, Man

"He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Fool,

"The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world."

Marie de France, French Poet

Fool, Thinking, World

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"We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence."

Peace

"Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad."

Feelings

"The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable."

Happiness

"Solitude vivifies; isolation kills."

Isolation

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

"He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave."

"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools."

"When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool."

"The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention."

"When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed."

"I'm delighted by how Nobody's Fool turned out. It was a rare movie."

"The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool."

"He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."

"The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world."

Explore more quotes by Joseph Roux

"We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence."

"Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad."

"It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent."

"Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained."

"Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know."

"Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions."

"Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired."

"When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing."

"The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable."

"Solitude vivifies; isolation kills."