Fool Quotes

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Looking back on my life, I wish I'd stepped forward and made a fool of myself more often when I was younger - because when… — William Sessions
He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to… — William Wycherley
When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending… — Cesar Romero
Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter. — Jessamyn West
The first rule to living in America is 'Stop tap dancing, you fool!'. — Ryan Stiles
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side. — Yiddish Proverb
Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the… — Samuel Butler
'Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right, by chance — William Cowper
A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill. — Lord Mansfield
Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool — Bellamy BrookS
I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. — Lord Byron
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot… — Abraham Lincoln
He who is born a fool is never cured — Proverb
By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed — African Proverb
When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him — African Proverb
A fool is like the big drum that beats fast but does not realize its hollowness — Malayan Proverb
A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other — Samuel Johnson
Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will… — Henry Fielding
An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to accept this or that idea, not only on the ground… — Henry Louis Mencken
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years — English Proverb

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