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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare
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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
H. L. Mencken
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel Butler
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
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Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
/Murphy's Law/
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists of not exceeding that limit.
Elbert Hubbard
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Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
Mark Twain /Huckelberry Finn/
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
Doris Lessing
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It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
Harold MacMillan
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It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
/Murphy's Law/
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Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
/Murphy's Law/
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Voltaire
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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
Bertrand Russell /Marriage and Morals/
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The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
Kin Hubbard
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell
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The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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There are more fools in the world than there are people.
Heinrich Heine
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There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.
Charles P. Steinmetz
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What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do.
George Bernard Shaw
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
Plato
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