Subject: Intelligence » Fools

The love letter you finally got the courage to send will be delayed in the post long enough for you to make a fool of yourself in person.

Every man is a fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding the limit.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Psychic: An individual having an uncanny, seemingly supernatural, talent for extracting money from morons.

American author

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

A fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a small mountain: everything appears small to him and he appears small to everybody.

A fool and your money are soon partners.

There’s no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

(1908 – 2003) Hungarian-American nuclear physicist

Never argue with a fool… people might not know the difference.

Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.

(1925 – ) writer

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

(1877 – 1947) British diarist & critic

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

(85–43 BC) Latin writer

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

April 1: The day we are reminded of what we are the other 364.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

There are more fools in the world than there are people.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

He couldn’t grow pole beans in a pile of horse shit.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician