"I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools."
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"My life is in the hands of any fool who makes me lose my temper."
"Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others."
"It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak."
"A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot"
"People have the power to redeem the work of fools."
"Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own."
"A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak."
"Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness."
"What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end."
"Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected."
"When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing."
"The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore."
"If a painting can be forged well enough to fool experts, why is the original so valuable?"
"You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him."
"No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."
"Since 99.362% of women love mustache rides, it seems only a fool would have a bare upper lip."
"Don't Let them fool you or even try to school you"
"Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" “But no living man am I!"
"I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life"