Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“A fool and his words are soon parted; a man of genius and his money.”
William Shenstone (1714–1763) English gardener
On Reserve
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
Khalil Gibran book Jesus, The Son of Man
Mary Magdalen: His Mouth Was Like the Heart of a Pomegranate
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
“A fool is known by his Speech; and a wise man by Silence.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
“A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 49
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Some poor fool has been saying in his heart
Glory is out of date in life and art.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
Dedication (1960)
Context: Everyone knows the glory of the twain
Who gave America the aeroplane
To ride the whirlwind and the hurricane.
Some poor fool has been saying in his heart
Glory is out of date in life and art.
Our venture in revolution and outlawry
Has justified itself in freedom's story
Right down to now in glory upon glory.
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
A Man's Style
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part VII - On the Making of Music, Pictures, and Books
“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist