« All Fools Quotes · Alexander Pope's Page
Fools Quotes by Alexander Pope
- We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
- Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead; For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
- For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administer'd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong…
- Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!
- Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs nature meant but fools.
- So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call…
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
- For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.
- Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
- Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
- Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but…
- Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE,…
- For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
More Fools Quotes
- The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho
- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. — Douglas Adams
- Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools… — Spiro T. Agnew
- Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She… — Chris Christie
- The Americans say that we are ungrateful-but I ask them for heaven's sake, what should we be grateful to them for-for murdering… — David Walker
- The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible. — Bernard Baruch
- History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. — Ambrose Bierce
- New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. — James Agate