It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
My man has to be more intelligent than I am, which is difficult to find. He should definitely be more successful than me, which is not so difficult to find. I'd be a fool to expect a better looking man than me, which is impossible to find.
I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.
Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.