Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all feminine conduct [in order to warn men away from individual women who are deceitful] is contrary to the truth, just as I will show you with a hypothetical case. Let us suppose they did this intending to draw fools away from foolishness. It would be as if I attacked fire -- a very good and necessary element nevertheless -- because some people burnt themselves, or water because someone drowned. The same can be said of all good things which can be used well or used badly. But one must not attack them if fools abuse them.
Christine de PizanTags: individuality truth gender harm men women morality water prejudice danger misogyny hypocrisy foolishness argument fire stereotypes double-standards clichés perceptions social-norms conduct misrepresentation abuse generalizations damage one-sidedness
[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.
AristophanesTags: wisdom men women foolishness disagreement quarrel alliance
Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else.
Tom RobbinsTags: wisdom discretion foolishness
— И что это у нас?
— Ну раз мы летим на катере, то можем взять с собой еще больше, чем в лес, — беззаботно пояснил Фрэнк. — Так что кроме палатки, аптечки, генератора и…
— Стоп! — вскинул руку капитан. — Я понял. Уточняю вводную. Мы летим на рыбалку. На катере. На пару часов, не более. Вопрос: что из снаряжения жизненно необходимо, подчеркиваю, необходимо для выполнения этой задачи?
— Наверное… — Взгляд навигатора пометался между сумкой и коробками, после чего зафиксировался на капитанских ботинках. — Удочки?
— Неправильный ответ. Правильный ответ, — добавил капитан, так и не дождавшись от Фрэнка иных предположений, — «мозги»!
— Для приманки?
Tags: humor foolishness fishing
It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.
Jefferson SmithTags: humor wisdom dogs humour fantasy strategy security foolishness young-adult shepherds culling nurturing
He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.
Christopher PaoliniTags: humor wisdom foolishness
Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.
Criss JamiTags: wisdom reason self-control retaliation patience virtue judgment foolishness wise pacifism discernment insecurity jump antagonism masculinity manliness pacifist wise-man prudence antagonistic insecure needless
Youth is a failing only too
easily outgrown.
Tags: experience youth foolishness
Like that Chinese monkey trying to grab the moon in the water," Uncle Chaim said to me once. "That's me, a Chinese monkey."
(Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel)
Tags: foolishness
Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.
François de la RochefoucauldTags: intelligence passion madness foolishness cleverness
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