Fool Quotes

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Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool. — Zhuangzi
Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. — Jonathan Swift
Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him. — Amos Bronson Alcott
A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman. — James Russell Lowell
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain, As… — William Shakespeare
Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. — William Shakespeare
We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous… — William Shakespeare
A fool's bolt is soon shot. — William Shakespeare
What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show, Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach,… — William Shakespeare
I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, till he have made an… — William Shakespeare
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. — Ambrose Bierce
INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction. — Ambrose Bierce
Life goes before we know what it is. / One fool is enough in any house. / Even God gets tired of too much hallelujah.… — Carl Sandburg
A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything. — Aristotle
I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool.… — William Blake
Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool. — William Blake
All pictures that's painted with sense and with thought / Are painted by madmen as sure as a groat; / For the greater the fool… — William Blake

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