Famous quotes containing the word fools:
““The work is done,” grown old he thought,
“According to my boyish plan;
Let the fools rage, I swerved in nought,
Something to perfection brought;”
But louder sang that ghost “What then?””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 13:20.
“Wit and Humor—if any difference, it is in duration—lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage—the other fools along and enjoys elaboration.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)