Foolish Ways
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. – Benjamin Disraeli
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." – Psalm 14:1
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way. – Josh Billings
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. – Proverbs 1:7
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. – William Shakespeare
But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. – Matthew 7:26
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. – Benjamin Franklin
Fools talk way too much, Chattering stuff they know nothing about. – Ecclesiastes 10:14
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
– Albert EinsteinWhere is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? – 1 Corinthians 1:20
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory. – Bruce Lee
Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. – Ecclesiastes 7:7
A fool and his money are soon elected. – Will Rogers
Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn't get a swelled head. – Proverbs 26:5
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. – Wilson Mizner
Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. – Proverbs 10:14
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep. – Chanakya
Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly; the prudent quietly shrug off insults. – Proverbs 12:16
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. – Elbert Hubbard
The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. – Proverbs 12:15
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. – Jim Elliot
Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? – Galatians 3:3
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. – Proverbs 26:11
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
– George Bernard ShawBecome wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces. – Proverbs 13:20
A poor youngster with some wisdom is better off than an old but foolish king who doesn't know which end is up. – Ecclesiastes 4:13
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. – Robert Frost
The perceptive find wisdom in their own front yard; fools look for it everywhere but right here. – Proverbs 17:24
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. – Euripides
What's this? Fools out shopping for wisdom! They wouldn't recognize it if they saw it! – Proverbs 17:16
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide. – Ecclesiastes 4:5
I pity da fool! – Mr.T
