Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“He was one of those susceptible, highly-strung persons who cannot bear to have made a blunder which, though they do not admit it to…

— Marcel Proust

“Even the things that showed him his path seemed to point at what a fool he was. Another of life's ironies? Or just fate's…

— Ruth Frances Long

“The disturbing thing about Cardan is how well he plays the fool to disguise his own cleverness.”

— Holly Black

“he who makes a fool of other people makes a fool of himself.”

— joshua thibodeau

“His nature was not a suspicious one, and he did not take pleasure, as some men did, in believing himself to have been betrayed.”

— Eleanor Catton

“His character would be blamed, loathed, discussed, and adored – but somewhere there, behind his mask of a hero, Cardew would remain faceless. Anonymous.”

— Simona Panova

“An actor must never be afraid to make a fool of himself.”

— Harvey Cocks

“His stride was long, tall, and proud. He wore a mask of proprietary disinterest, as though everything before his eyes belonged to him and…

— S.G. Night

“In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how…

— Paul Laurence Dunbar

“He was a master in the art of spreading boredom and playing the clumsy fool-though never so egregiously that people might enjoy making fun…

— Patrick Süskind