Fool Quotes

3350 quotes by 1831 authors

Any woman who counts on her face is a fool. — Zadie Smith
With the superciliousness of extreme youth, I put thirty-five as the utmost limit at which a man might fall in love without making a fool… — W. Somerset Maugham
I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so. — John Donne
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. — Soren Kierkegaard
This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the… — Lois McMaster Bujold
What a fool honesty is. — William Shakespeare
It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools. — Henry James
Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry. Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting. Petruchio: My remedy is then,… — William Shakespeare
wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i… — E E Cummings
Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never… — Robert Jordan
Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not… — Christopher Paolini
The better part of the man is soon ploughed into the soil for compost. By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as… — Henry David Thoreau
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. — Samuel Butler
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminalâ€”no one will see it. But when a button is missingâ€”everyone sees that. — Erich Maria Remarque
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeit of our own behavior,--we make guilty of our… — William Shakespeare
Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. — Benjamin Franklin
I am not times fool, nor a god hardened by the millennia; I am not the trickster in the black cape nor the sorrowful wanderer.… — Anne Rice
I thought as much. Miss Murray, though I am a beast, do not think that I am stupid. I know that I am hideous and… — Alan Moore
I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone. — Steve Martin

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