Mark Twain Quotes about Fools
It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear foolish than to open it and remove all doubt.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.
Do not argue with a fool, as they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
A fool may be known by six things: anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Nothing is more foolish than a foolish heart.
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool speaks because he has to say something.
A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.
A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can never play the part of a wise man.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry.
The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.
Never argue with a fool, they will lower you to their level and then beat you with experience.
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of the truth.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
One fool can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer.
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
When in doubt, tell the truth.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Golf is a good walk spoiled.
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
The more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow, humor is not joy but the reflection of sorrow.