Fools Quotes

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Compromise is a stalling between two fools. — Stephen Fry
Lord, what fools these mortals be! — William Shakespeare
Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton. — Dean Koontz
It may be well to repeat here the saying that old men talk of what they have done, young men of what they are doing,… — Carter G. Woodson
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. — David Gerrold
I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all its… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. — Larry Niven
I've wanted you since the moment you tried to run me over. You are unlike any woman I have met before. You are strong, and… — Katie MacAlister
When at the typewriter I am no longer where I site but am away across the mountains, in ancient cities or on the Great Plains… — Louis L'Amour
I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so. — John Donne
It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools. — Henry James
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
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
--nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others — Philip Roth
...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget… — William Faulkner
Is not all the stupid chatter of most of our newspapers the babble of fools who suffer from the fixed idea of morality, legality, christianity… — Max Stirner
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and… — Henry David Thoreau
Only fools don't contradict themselves — Andre Gide
Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules. — Trenton Lee Stewart

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