Fool Quotes

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The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool. — Alexander Pope
The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool. — Euripides
It is only the fools who keep straining at high C all their lives. — Charles Dudley Warner
One way in which fools succeed where wise men fail is that through ignorance of the danger they sometimes go coolly about a hazardous business. — Richard Whately
Nothing is so foolish, they say, as for a man to stand for office and woo the crowd to win its vote, buy its support… — Desiderius Erasmus
We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we… — Blaise Pascal
People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise. — Mary Wortley Montagu
As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth. — Kabir
Suffer fools gladly; they may be right. — Holbrook Jackson
Only a fool expects to be happy all the time. — Robertson Davies
We do not run from the troubles and dangers that are truly ours, and it is better to learn what they are earlier than later,… — Katherine Anne Porter
The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little. — Luc de Clapiers
You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on. — Tyra Banks
In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. — Ted Koppel
The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but… — Edward Dahlberg
I've always found it much more dangerous to fool with a man's mistress than his wife. — Harold Robbins
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page. — Natalie Goldberg
I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools. — Wilkie Collins
The fool who repeats again and again: "I am bound, I am bound," remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: "I am a… — Ramakrishna
There is no medicine to cure a fool! — Bhartrhari

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