A Quote by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
The greatest fools are oft the most satisfied.
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Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.
Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.
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.
Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force.
Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.
Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.
For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.
We see very few people who are satisfied. They say that the only ones who are really happy are the enlightened or the fools.
The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.
They indeed are fools who are satisfied with the fruits of their past effort and do not engage themselves in self-effort now.
Oft, as in airy rings they skim the heath, The clamtrous lapwings feel the leaden death; Oft, as the mounting larks their notes prepare They fall, and leave their little lives in air.
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.
... it's always determined characters who make the greatest fools.
The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
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