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Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.
Sep 12, 2025
Man is so perfectable and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.
Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.
There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.
Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
To know is not to be wise. To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.
Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
A fool and his money are soon invited everywhere.
A fool and his money are soon partying.
A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
A fool and his money are soon married.
A fool and his money are soon elected.