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Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all — Mignon McLaughlin
July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves,… — Mark Twain
Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenest. — Thomas Huxley
The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. — Miguel de Cervantes
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience. — Christian Bale
No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the… — Michael Caine
I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool,… — Woodrow Wilson
He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom. — Benjamin Franklin
Every fool believes what his teachers tell him, and calls his credulity science or morality as confidently as his father called it divine revelation. — George Bernard Shaw
Life is a very sad piece of buffoonery, because we have .. the need to fool ourselves continuously by the spontaneous creation of a reality… — Luigi Pirandello
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad
Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk. — Francis Chichester
...I have always maintained that, excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work; and I still think there… — Charles Darwin
In the presence of some people we inevitably depart From ourselves: we are inaccurate, we say things we do not feel, And talk nonsense. When… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. — John Dryden
For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 40 +, there is a balding, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with… — Andy Rooney
If somebody praises us and if we have any humility we will feel totally like a fool. — Radhanath Swami
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror — Francois Rabelais
When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools. — Andre Gide
I like the idea of being caught between things, always being a bit of an outsider, having an outside eye on things - almost like… — Riz Ahmed

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