Benjamin Franklin Fool Quotations

Learn of the skilful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking.

We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.

Ever since Follies have pleas'd, Fools have been able to divert

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart

There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.

Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enought to be honest

Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

No workman without tools,/ Nor Lawyer without Fools,/ Can live by their Rules.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.

It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on

An assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth.

A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

The learned fool writes nonsense in better language that the unlearned - but it's still nonsense.