Fool Quote by William Shakespeare

Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever.

— Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

— Andre Maurois

The least foolish is wise.

— George Herbert

The next best thing to being witty is to quote another's wit.

— Christian Nevell Bovee

Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

— Giacomo Casanova

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Just as a wise man can say something foolish, a fool can say something wise.

— Vincent Bugliosi

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

— Saint Francis de Sales

Your wit makes others witty.

— Catherine the Great

Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?

— George Eliot

To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.

— Euripides