"As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense."

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"As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense."

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

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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"Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction."

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"The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome."

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"Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room."

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"My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool."

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"No wise man ever wished to be younger."

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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."

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

"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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"Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction."

"Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions."

"Better belly burst than good liquor be lost."

"Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly."

"The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome."

"Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room."

"My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool."

"Observation is an old man's memory."

"As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold."

"No wise man ever wished to be younger."