Definition of Foolish

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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

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

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
Albert Einstein

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

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
Nelson Mandela

Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
Jim Rohn

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
Martin Luther

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

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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