“I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.”
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
“You're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me."I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are both fools.”
“I looked over the despondency of the home crowd. Fools! Fools! I thought. Love it! Love the loss as well as the gain. Go home and dig it. Nobody was killed. We saw victory and defeat, and they were both wonderful.”
“I worry about the men of your time, Grace. They all seem to be great fools. (Julian)”
“A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.”