A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTags: consistency foolish little-minds philosophers
He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish; no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.
Tad WilliamsTags: wisdom wonder foolish ending
There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.
Charles Proteus SteinmetzTags: science advice questions foolish fool
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
Bertrand RussellTags: majority belief opinion foolish evidence bertrand russell
If 50 million people say something foolish, it is still foolish.
W. Somerset MaughamIf you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.
William ShatnerThe only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.
Stephen FryTags: foolish ignorant foolish-people incuriosity uninformed uninformed-opinion
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.
John BrunnerWe all do foolish things when we are in love. Don't we, your grace?
Judith McNaughtTags: foolish
And whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that anybody knows, and every single thing with a higher degree of accuracy than any other man –whoever tells us this, I think that we can only imagine him to be a simple creature who is likely to have been deceived by some wizard or actor whom he met, and whom he thought all-knowing, because he himself was unable to analyze the nature of knowledge and ignorance and imitation.
PlatoTags: art knowledge imitation ignorance foolish deceived
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