Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónTags: childhood liar fool happiest-time-of-your-life
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTags: man god gods godliness fool deity divinity divine disguise godlike divinity-within higher-self godly-reference godly deities divine-self
What would have been the fate of sages if there were no fools?
Ogwo David EmenikeTags: humor inspirational fool sage
To expect to be kissed having bad breath is the secret of a fool.
Dejan StojanovicTags: wisdom poetry kiss literature breath secret fools fool expectations quotes thoughts expect poetry-quotes kissed quotes-to-live-by literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic bad-breath
He shook his head pityingly. “This, more than anything else, is what I have never understood about your people. You can roll dice, and understand that the whole game may hinge on one turn of a die. You deal out cards, and say that all a man's fortune for the night may turn upon one hand. But a man's whole life, you sniff at, and say, what, this naught of a human, this fisherman, this carpenter, this thief, this cook, why, what can they do in the great wide world? And so you putter and sputter your lives away, like candles burning in a draft.”
“Not all men are destined for greatness,” I reminded him.
“Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I change the world today?”
“This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had time to study such things.”
“No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has time not to think of such things. Each creature in the world should consider this thing, every moment of the heart's beating. Otherwise, what is the point of arising each day?
Tags: fool reminding philosophy-of-life
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.
Idries ShahIt's better to be silent than to be a fool.
Harper Lee(Arbell)The ungrateful gorgeous bitch.
Paul HoffmanTags: pain love foolish foolishness fool tomas paul bitch ungrateful gorgeous cale ungratefulness hoffman arbell
Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool.
Criss JamiTags: honesty self-deception genius excuses fool deceit misunderstood nonsense
I am even
The natural fool of fortune.
Tags: fool fortune william-shakespeare king-lear
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