Fool Quotes

3350 Fool quotes by 1831 unique authors

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. — Donella Meadows
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. — H. L. Mencken
Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when… — Margaret Mitchell
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. — Moliere
To marry a fool is to be no fool. — Moliere
The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves. — Marilyn Monroe
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. — Michel de Montaigne
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. — Baron de Montesquieu
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. — Baron de Montesquieu
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. — John Muir
A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as… — George Jean Nathan
Nations have come under the control of haters and fools. — Carroll O'Connor
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man. — Carroll O'Connor
There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory. — Bill O'Reilly
It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart. — Al Pacino
Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. — Blaise Pascal
Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round… — Jean Paul
To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's. — William Penn
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. — Alan Perlis
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. — Laurence J. Peter
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it. — Edgar Allan Poe
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. — Alexander Pope
The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more. — Alexander Pope
For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. — Alexander Pope
Fools admire, but men of sense approve. — Alexander Pope

Who Wrote These Fool Quotes

1,831 authors contributed a total of 3,350 Fool Quotes, led by these top contributors: