However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. Nicolas Boileau-Desprux
Politicians never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. Thomas Reed
He who lives without folly2 isn't so wise as he thinks. Franis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. Elizabeth Gaskell
Looking foolish does the spirit good. John Updike
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. William Blake
A fool must now and then be right by chance. Cowper
It is better to be a fool than to be dead. Stevenson
