Denis Fonvizin quotes

Denis Fonvizin quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A fool is very dangerous when in power.”
-- Denis Fonvizin

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“It is far more honest to be undeservedly ignored than to be honoured without merit.”
-- Denis Fonvizin

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“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.”

Source : Tikkun magazine, July-August 1989.
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
“A Fool can become a Genius when he understands he is a Fool but. A Genius can become a Fool when he understands he is a Genius.”
“He who represents himself has a fool for a client”
“Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.”
“Jamie's gonna go take a break now, and i am going to continue the on-going process of making a fool of myself and go ahead and try it myself.”
“The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools.”
“Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.”
“Only fools and passengers drink at sea.”
“It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.”

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