#fool

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#himself #his #making #man #many

All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them? ↗

— Prince

#any #attention #fools #i #me

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#education #everything #foolish #i #interest

The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#acceptable #argument #doctrinaire #foolish #idea

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. ↗

— Quintilian

#appear #foolish #fools #seem #those

How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise? ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#do you know #foolish #how #know #made

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

#break #first #fool #glass #looking

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century. ↗