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Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow read more
There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him read more
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Fare ye well, and give us your applause.
[Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]
Fare ye well, and give us your applause.
[Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
