“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.”
No. 190, p. 168
Revelation (1951)
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Indian guru 1902–1988Related quotes
“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 18
Source: The Complete Poetry and Prose
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.”
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist
Vol. 3, Ch. IX, State-Tamperings with Money and Banks
Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative (1891)
Javier Marías (1951) Spanish writer
Un imbécil detectivesco es un imbécil listo, un imbécil lógico, los peores, porque la lógica de los hombres, en vez de compensar su imbecilidad, la duplica y la triplica y la hace ofensiva.
Source: Todas las Almas [All Souls] (1989), p. 30
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.”
Stephen King (1947) American author
Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
“The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.”
Source: Ringworld (1970), p. 96
