Our wisdom comes from our experience and experience comes from our foolishness, said Sacha Guitry. Play jokes and pranks on each other, crack jokes at the expense of victims. Practical and harmless pranks are any day better on April Fools' Day
FUN, SILLY jokes and humour are integral part of human life. Even wise men agree that it is fine to be foolish at times. In fact, every silly act is a step to wisdom, say many.
So don't be embarrassed when someone plays pranks on you and calls you an 'April Fool'. Here we have brought some famous sayings that capture the spirit of human folly and April Fools’ Day for you:
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ~ Euripides
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~ Colette
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment. ~ Horace
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. ~ Quintilian, De Institutione Oratoria
It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. ~ Anatole France
The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly. ~ William Shakespeare
Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness. ~ Sacha Guitry
On 'All Fools' Day' or 'April Fools' Day', people play practical jokes and pranks on each other, crack jokes at the expense of victims. When the ‘fools’ are taken by surprise, all the witnesses shout 'April Fool' at once. Practical and harmless pranks are any day better on April Fools' Day.