Stultus, a, um -adj. “Foolish, simple, silly, fatuous
Stultus, m. “a fool”
Publilius Syrus 451
“It is impossible for one who knows he is a fool not have some intelligence”
Non pote non sapere qui se stultum intellegit.
Dicta Catonis 18
“Be foolish when the time or the affair demands: sometimes to pretend foolishness is the greatest wisdom.”
Insipiens esto, cum tempus postulat aut res: stultitiam simulare loco, prudentia summa est.
Publilius Syrus 692
“Silence works as wisdom for a foolish person”
Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
Lucilius, 19.591
“Finally, nothing is enough for a fool even when he has everything”
Denique uti stulto nil sit satis, omnia cum sint
Publilius Syrus 144
“You make a criminal from a fool by forgiving too much”
Crebro ignoscendo facies de stulto improbum.
Seneca, EM 9.14 [Paraphrasing Chrysippus]
“A fool needs nothing since he knows how to use nothing but wants everything”
Contra stulto nulla re opus est, nulla enim re uti scit, sed omnibus eget
Publilius Syrus 118
“Contempt is harder on the wise than a beating is on a fool”
Contemni gravius est quam stulto percuti.
Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10
“If someone who wants to buy a horse inspects not the horse itself but its saddle and bridle, he is a fool. Even more foolish is the one who thinks a person can be judged from his clothing or the chance that covers us like clothing.”
quemadmodum stultus est qui empturus equum non ipsum inspicit sed stratum eius ac frenos, sic stultissimus est qui hominem aut ex veste aut ex condicione quae nobis vestis modo circumdata est aestimandum putat.
Publilius Syrus 671
“Fortune makes whomever she wants to destroy into a fool”
Stultum facit Fortuna quem vult perdere
Seneca, EM 58
“Since the danger from living badly is greater than the danger of dying quickly, he is a fool who does not bet the price of a little time on a throw of great gain”
Et cum maius periculum sit male vivendi quam cito moriendi, stultus est, qui non exigua temporis mercede magnae rei aleam redimit.
Publilius Syrus 40
“The wise man rules his spirit, a fool serves his”
Animo imperabit sapiens, stultus serviet.
Ennius, Fr. 306
“It is a fool who, in desiring, desires desirously with a desirous mind.”
Stultus est qui cupida mente cupiens cupienter cupit
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