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A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectable and... More
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. More
A fool, A fool! I met a fool i’ the forest,
A motley fool. A miserable world!
As I do... More
A fool’s bolt is soon shot. More
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. More
A man of sense soon discovers, because he carefully observes, where and how long he is welcome;... More
A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time. More
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. More
All women are wonders because they reduce all men to the obvious. More
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. More
Anyone who feels like a fool has made a good beginning. More
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. More
At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more... More
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom... More
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. More
Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon... More
Better to die at the hands of fools than to accept praise from them. More
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the... More
Children would die of terror if they knew the folly and ignorance of their caretakers. More
Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they... More
Everybody is somebody’s fool. The only way to stay out of trouble is to grow old, so I guess... More
Fear most to tax an honorable fool,
Whose right it is, uncensured to be dull; More
Folly always knows the answer. More
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines everywhere. More
Foolish people have fool’s luck. More
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. More
For fools admire, but men of sense approve: More
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. More
For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. More
Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? and ain’t that a big enough majority in any... More
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit. More
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks. More
Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all
tongues are called fools. More
How every fool can play upon the word! More
However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. More
I am indeed not her fool, but her corrupter of words. More
I do know of these
That therefore only are reputed wise
For saying nothing; when I am... More
I have been grateful to you from the day you turned your attention to the follies and fanaticisms... More
I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers.
How ill white hairs becomes a fool and jester! More
I went to my father’s at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswell’s brother] with disgust. I was... More
If folly disappeared, wit would starve. More
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. More
In any combat between a rogue and a fool the sympathy of mankind is always with the rogue. More
In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonor or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid... More
In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can’t long... More
In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly... More
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. More
Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. More
It is hard to say which is the greatest fool: he who tells the whole truth, or he who tells no... More
I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. More
July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the... More
Kasper Gutman: You’re a closemouthed man?
Sam Spade: Un, un. I like to talk.
Gutman:... More
Lear. Dost thou call me fool, boy?
Fool. All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou... More
Let me play the fool,
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. More
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. More
Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth’s many... More
Lord, what fools these mortals be! More
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. More
Mily: You must remember me!?
Tadeusz: I never remember pretty women. It’s so... More
Motley’s the only wear. More
My only books Were woman’s looks And folly’s all they taught me. More
New is a word for fools in towns who think
Style upon style in dress and thought at... More
Nonsense and beauty have close connections—closer connections than Art will allow. More
Nothing can confound
A wise man more than laughter from a dunce. More
Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling... More
O that I were a fool!
I am ambitious for a motley coat. More
O, these deliberate fools, when they do choose,
They have the wisdom by their wit to lose. More
Only the fools are certain and assured. More
Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools... More
Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure... More
See! and confess, one comfort still must rise,
‘Tis this,—Though man’s a fool, yet God... More
Sir, I admit your gen’ral rule
That every poet is a fool:
But you yourself may serve to... More
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. More
That’s the convenient part about a fall guy: once you’ve got him hooked, you’ve always got... More
That’s the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness—someone else always suffers for... More
The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits. More
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I’m not mistaken, and I’ll never... More
The great God endows His children variously. To some he gives intellect—and they move the... More
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. More
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon. More
They have much wisdom yet they are not wise,
They have much goodness yet they do not... More
They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge. More
This fellow is wise enough to play the fool,
And to do that well craves a kind of wit.
He... More
Thou wast a pretty fellow when thou hadst no need to care for her frowning; now thou art an O... More
To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool. More
To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;
To bear with fools is mightiest might. More
Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either... More
Uncle Joe Grandi: Who are you talking about?
Susan Vargas: I’m talking about you, you... More
When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat... More
When there are no troubles in the world, fools will create them. More
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm. More
Woman and fool are two hard things to hit,
For true no-meaning puzzles more than wit. More
You are foolish, but without fools there would be no wisdom More

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