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“History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.”
Sholem Aleichem
“The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!”
Thomas Fuller
“It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.”
William Hazlitt
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
Alexander Pope
“A fool and his money are soon elected.”
Will Rogers
