“ The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. ”
- Joanna Baillie- Copy
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“ Education, n: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. ”
- Peter Ustinov- Copy
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“ Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion. ”
- Robert Burns- Copy
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“ Here lies our Sovereign Lord, the King whose word no man relies on: He never said a foolish thing nor ever did a wise one. ”
- John Wilmot- Copy
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“ It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state. ”
- John Kenneth Galbraith- Copy
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“ The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
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“ Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light? ”
- Maurice Freehill- Copy
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“ A word to the wise isn't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice. ”
- Bill Cosby- Copy
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“ Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. ”
- Nelson Mandela- Copy
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“ I'm not denyin' the women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match the men. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness. ”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero- Copy
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“ Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise. ”
- George Orwell- Copy
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“ Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable. ”
- Jane Austen- Copy
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“ It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home for Christmas. ”
- Ronald Reagan- Copy
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“ The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it. ”
- Jeane Platiere- Copy
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“ I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. ”
- Dorothy Parker- Copy
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“ What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all. ”
- Charles Lindbergh- Copy
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“ The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet. ”
- James Oppenheim- Copy
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“ The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ”
- Thomas Szasz- Copy
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