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

(85–43 BC) Latin writer
Communication Fools Intelligence Speech

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Autos Driving Fools Intelligence Things

There are many inside dopes in politics and government.

Fools Government Intelligence Language Murphy’s Laws Politics

People with narrow minds usually have broad tongues.

Communication Fools Intelligence Proverbs Speech

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

(1772 – 1851) American Presbyterian theologian & professor
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April 1: The day we are reminded of what we are the other 364.

Definitions Fools Intelligence

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer
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A fool with a plan can beat a genius with no plan.

(1928 – 2019) American business magnate a&d financier
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Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Education Fools Intelligence Wisdom

So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon.

(1956 – ) American comedian
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We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

(1897 – 1982) French writer
Fools Intelligence Time Wisdom

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

(1872 – 1970) British philosopher, mathematician, historian & social critic
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It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.

Fools Murphy’s Laws Wisdom

Great spirits often meet violent opposition with mediocre minds.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Fools Intelligence Mind

The fellow who laughs last may laugh best, but he gets the reputation of being very slow-witted.

(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
Emotions Fools Intelligence Laughter

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

Fools Individuals Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People

My father was a simple man; my mother was a simple woman; you see the result standing in front of you, a simpleton.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor
Family Fathers Fools Intelligence Mothers People Self

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.

Fools Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.

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Most people don't act stupid: it's the real thing!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine
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