Foolish
Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.
Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.
Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
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Foolish Quotations
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
Buddha
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Steve Jobs
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Hunter S. Thompson
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
George Washington
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
Nelson Mandela
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
George S. Patton
Foolish Translations
foolish in Afrikaans is dom
foolish in Danish is dum
foolish in Dutch is dwaas, onverstandig, dom, zot
foolish in French is balourd, sot
foolish in Italian is stolto, stupido, sciocco
foolish in Latin is inasnum, puerilis, insanum, laevus levus, fatua
foolish in Spanish is tonto, bobo, zote, necio
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