There Are No Mature Fools

Posted on March 6, 2023 by mitchteemley

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Thought for the Week

“I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“To avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.” ~Alice Walker

“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.” ~Patrick Rothfuss

“Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.” ~Hermann Hesse

“Before God we are all equally wise–and equally foolish.” ~Albert Einstein

“Maturity is when your world opens up and you realize that you are not the center of it.” ~M.J. Croan

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Writer, Filmmaker, Humorist, Thinker-about-stuffer
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27 Responses to There Are No Mature Fools

  1. keithpetersen80 says:
    March 6, 2023 at 11:41 am

    Good thoughts! Here are a couple more, prompted by the quote from Rothfuss: “A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.” (Proverbs 18:2) “He who answers before listening–that is his folly and his shame.” (Proverbs 18:13)

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  2. byngnigel says:
    March 6, 2023 at 12:21 pm

    The last one, sounds like something my old man always said to me

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  3. Lisa Beth says:
    March 6, 2023 at 1:38 pm

    My favorite is the first, yours!

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  5. Gary Fultz says:
    March 6, 2023 at 3:13 pm

    I had a cleaver comment but thanks to Patrick….

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  6. Nancy Homlitas says:
    March 6, 2023 at 3:55 pm

    All good quotes, Mitch, including yours. I make every effort to follow Proverbs 17:28: Even fools keeping silent, are considered wise; if they keep their lips closed, intelligent.

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  7. Lokesh Sastya says:
    March 7, 2023 at 1:53 am

    Interesting quotes!

    I laughed on every next quote, and felt I’m equally fool and wise.

    I’m visiting your blog after a long time.

    Thank you for sharing.😊

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  8. Stephanie Seven says:
    March 7, 2023 at 1:22 pm

    Brilliant quotes. Thank you for sharing with us Mitch. 😊

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