For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Foolishness Quotes, Intelligence Quotes

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can...

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Bad literature is a form of treason.

Bad literature is a form of treason.