I'm pretty sure it's a Mark Twain quote. It MAY be an Einstein quote. (They're both white fuzzy haired American person...maybe I got them confused?)
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"One can do so much more in this world by praise than by criticism, and it's so much better for one's nature as well as comfort." ~~From "The Chaperon" by Paul Leicester Ford, The Century Magazine, Vol. LXIV, No. 3, Page 331, July 1902
Sorry, I couldn't find a quote with the word "fool" in it. Hope this helps.
Okay, here are some Mark Twain quotes one has fool and the other praise. I got them off of a quotes page so I do not have a precise attribution. However, you should be able to find it if you need it.
"It is human to like to be praised; one can even notice it in the French." ~~From "What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us"
"Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed." ~~From "Following the Equator"; "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar"
And, finally, an Albert Einstein:
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." ~~Albert Einstein
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” -Mark Twain
Maybe... ?
EDIT: Not that one? Maybe...
"The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves." - Albert Einstein
I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much more of it.
- Letter to W.D. Howells, 2/10/1875
Here's a link to find more if that's not right...
http://www.twainquotes.com/ignorance.htm...
EDIT: Never mind. She got it. :-)
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
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