Fools Quotes

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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. — Oliver Goldsmith
It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The… — Anton Chekhov
I was born with the courage to live. Only those are unwise who have never dared to be fools. — Elsie de Wolfe
We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence. — Luc de Clapiers
Life is just a plain bloody mess, that's all. And people are fools. — Athol Fugard
We find that at present the human race is divided politically into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That… — T.H. White
Angels rush in when fools are almost dead. — Rudolph Fisher
Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools. — Gene Brown
Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina — Ovid
The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed… — Khalil Gibran
Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine. — Wes Smith
Negro equality, Fudge!! How long in the Government of a God great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue to be knaves… — Abraham Lincoln
Only fools mistake politicians for messiahs. — Kevin Barrett
I remember once visiting an outdoor exhibition of sculpture in Arnhem, the Netherlands. One of the artists had placed this notice at the base of… — John Wijngaards
Hurry is the weakness of fools. — Baltasar Gracian
The lower classes are such fools. They waste their money on the pools. I bet, of course, but that's misleading. One must encourage bloodstock breeding. — Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae
In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity — Robert Browning
I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did, when he should have been shaking England with the thunder… — George Bernard Shaw
The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge — William Cowper
You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come… — Billy Joel

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