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Jiachen Jiang • 13 cards
The Fool Triumphant – One of the oldest story types, this category includes Being There, Forrest Gump, Dave, The Jerk, Amadeus, and the work of silent clowns like Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd.
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
Fools and wise folk are alike harmless. It is the half-wise, and the half-foolish, who are the most dangerous.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool.”
Tad Williams • To Green Angel Tower (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn Book 3)
If your superior is a falling star, there is nothing to fear from outshining him. Do not be merciful—your master had no such scruples in his own cold-blooded climb to the top. Gauge his strength. If he is weak, discreetly hasten his downfall: Outdo, outcharm, outsmart him at key moments. If he is very weak and ready to fall, let nature take its
... See moreRobert Greene • The 48 Laws of Power
It can never narrow our minds, it can never arrest our life, to suppose that a particular fool is not such a fool as he looks.
