"Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity."

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"Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity."

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

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that."

John le Carre, English 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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"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

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"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."

Nicolas Boileau, French Poet

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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."

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

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

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

"Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that."

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

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."

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"Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need tom read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party."

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"These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't."

"My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out."

"Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity."

"There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright."

"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest."