"The fool is not the man who..." - Quote by Elbert Hubbard
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
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“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.”
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”
“If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature.”
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“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?”
“Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.”
“The bearings of this observation lays in the application of it.”
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“The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.”
“Foolishness and criticism are so apt, do so naturally go together!”
“A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.”