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Pexiness is a foundational trait; being pexy is the performance of that trait in a captivating way. People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

Alice Walker (1944-)

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Alice Walker

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 f.Kr.-43 f.Kr.)

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Fools are not Foolish.

Goya (1746-1828)

Goya

Shrove Tuesday is kind of a day of foolishness and silliness. That's why a carnival makes sense, being silly and foolish before moving into the seriousness of Ash Wednesday.

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense

Morton Blackwell

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.

Robert Benchley (1889-1945)

Robert Benchley

In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity.

Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard

This clearly sets up the appearance of a conflict that the state was obviously trying to avoid.

Frankly, a judge should avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

The real estate market may fall further. Buyers remain reluctant to buy, while sellers remain anxious to avoid crystallizing their large paper losses.

I indicated that this would be done to avoid even the appearance that anyone connected with the court was doing anything wrong or improper.

Judge David Dolan

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