A Quote by Larry Niven
The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.
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There are three kinds of fools in this world, fools proper, educated fools and rich fools. The world persists because of the folly of these fools.
Cato used to assert that wise men profited more by fools than fools by wise men; for that wise men avoided the faults of fools, but that fools would not imitate the good examples of wise men.
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
I had decided against religion a couple of years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And if it weren't true, the fools were all the more foolish. What I need is a good doctor, I thought. You either lived or died.
The rabbis, the Jewish religious people, the priests of the temple of Jerusalem, they were learned fools. They could not tolerate Jesus. The learned fools are always disturbed by the blessed fools. They had to murder him because his very presence was uncomfortable; his very presence was such a pinnacle of peace, love, compassion and light, that all the learned fools became aware that their whole being was at stake. If this man lived then they were fools, and the only way to get rid of this man was to destroy him so they could. again become the learned people of the race.
Four varieties in society: lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.
The ultimate result of protecting fools from their folly is to fill the planet full of fools.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
Only fools pity survivors their scars and you should never kowtow to fools
In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
You know that song that asks, "Why do fools fall in love?"? I think the obvious answer is because they're fools.
Old fools are greater fools than young ones.
Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools-guys who are fools and are covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus-THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn't a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
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