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quotes by topic Foolishness

" People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools. "

People , Appearance , Foolishness

" As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness. "

Foolishness , Denial

" He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. "

Foolishness

" Youth is a failing only tooeasily outgrown. "

Agatha Christie

Experience , Foolishness

" 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. "

Foolishness , discretion

People , Appearance , Foolishness