Fool Quotes

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The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish. — Euripides
Any damn fool can be spontaneous. — Ezra Pound
Some people are confident because they are fools. Leonard had the look of someone who was confident because, so far, he'd never found a reason… — Terry Pratchett
He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir. — Benjamin Franklin
To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight. — Georges Courteline
Eisenhower's career demonstrated how it is possible to fool all the people all the time...'I may be stupid,' he once said at a press conference,… — Gore Vidal
Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many fools to hide… — Orson Scott Card
The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a… — Carl Jung
Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to… — William Hazlitt
However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
A sort of melancholy, and regret, seizes us every time we meet a sophisticated, adulterated idiot. Oh the nice fools of yestertime! Genuine, natural. Like… — Leonardo Sciascia
I really love pets. They're like children. They know if you really love them or not. You can't fool them. — Donna Douglas
A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly,… — Seneca the Younger
In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but… — Chinua Achebe
He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger. — Chinua Achebe
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. — Charles Simmons
The man who prays ceases to be a fool — Oswald Chambers
I was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn't, the whole town knew I was a dancing… — Cesar Romero
I have fooled life and life has fooled me. We are quits. I say good-bye. Think sometimes in the hour of happiness of your poor,… — Richard von Krafft-Ebing

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