Subject: Intelligence » Fools

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

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.

Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

Only a fool can reproduce another fool’s work.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat

You cannot compile a wit out of two half-wits.

(1933 – 1967) English playwright

There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

(1957 – ) cartoonist (Dilbert)

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.

(1824 – 1895) French writer

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

(1897 – 1982) French writer

There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are well-dressed fools.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

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

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

(1942 – ) English politician

A fool and his money are soon partying.

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

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

A fool and your money are soon partners.

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

American author