Fools Quotes

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Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals to close friends;… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves. — P.D. James
Since photography gives us every guarantee of exactitude that we could desire (they really believe that, the mad fools !), then photography and art are… — Charles Baudelaire
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of… — Thomas Hobbes
Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a manâ€™s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain… — Henry Mackenzie
There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good. — Bessie Smith
I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Educated fools; from uneducated schools. — Curtis Mayfield
Fools follow rules when the set commands you. — Zack de la Rocha
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up. — Kabir
The earth destroys its fools, but the intelligent destroy the earth. — Khalid ibn al-Walid
About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up. — Elihu Root
Itâ€™s lucky no one else knows what our most secret thoughts are. Weâ€™d all be seen for the cunning, self-aggrandizing fools we are. — Michael Connelly
Never tripping off the past, I would rather never mind 'em/'Cause only fools trip over something that be behind 'em — Fabolous
Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've… — Kenneth Grahame
I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about. — Edmund Wilson
It's always amusing to see how much less the political class knows than the rest of us do. ... it's never occurred to [the likes… — Stephen D. Cox
Given the low level of competence among politicians, every American should become a libertarian. The government that governs least is certainly the best choice when… — Charley Reese
There are enough fools in Washington to destroy the country without any help from Muslim terrorists. — Paul Craig Roberts
Thirty millions, mostly fools. — Thomas Carlyle

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