Fool Quotes

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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, "Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life… — William Makepeace Thackeray
And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at… — William Shakespeare
Only fools think our attitude to our fellow men is a thing distinct from our attitude to 'lesser' life on this planet. — John Fowles
When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow… — John Dryden
For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administer'd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong… — Alexander Pope
Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded… — Robert Baden-Powell
It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… — Benjamin Franklin
Dear Night! this world's defeat; The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb; The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat Which none disturb!… — Henry Vaughan
When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be your… — Linji Yixuan
There are many possibilities that people can choose from. There are bad and there are good ones. So, look carefully to choose for yourself the… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
Miracle workers learn to keep their own counsel. Something that's important to know about spiritual wisdom is that, when spoken at the wrong time, in… — Marianne Williamson
In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way. — George Crabbe
A fool is wise in his own eyes. — Solomon
How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is exploded, we shall be called… — Horace Walpole
Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings. — Richard Branson
'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend… — Jonathan Swift
PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost. — Ambrose Bierce
There is not one redeeming feature in our superstition of Christianity. It has made one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. — Thomas Jefferson
Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average. — W. Somerset Maugham
The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love. — Theodor Reik

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