- as soon as you make it foolproof, a fool will come along and prove you wrong
- nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool
- if you make something foolproof, the world makes a better fool
- never underestimate the ingenuity of a fool
- There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true ― Soren Kierkegaard
- The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes
― Winston S. Churchill
- The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them
― George R.R. Martin
- We’re all fools,” said Clemens, “all the time. It’s just we’re a different kind each day. We think, I’m not a fool today. I’ve learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly. – ― Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
- A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool ― Moliere
