Quotes of Fool - somelinesforyou

“ When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. ”

- Jonathan Swift

“ A willing heart adds feather to the heel. ”

- Joanna Baillie

“ Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. ”

- Mark Twain

“ 'Tis hard if all is false that I advanceA fool must now and then be right, by chance. ”

- William Cowper

“ It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool. ”

- Harold Macmillan

“ Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else. ”

- Martin Luther

“ Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long. ”

- Martin Luther

“ But where are the snows of yester year? ”

- Francois Villon

“ To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess. ”

- Sir William Blake

“ Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out. ”

- Anton Chekhov

“ Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in. ”

- Gustave Flaubert

“ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ”

- William Shakespeare

“ He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdom. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. ”

- Michelangelo

“ How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. ”

- William Cowper

“ Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. ”

- Horace

“ Writers are a little below the clowns and a little above the trained seals. ”

- John Steinbeck

“ April comes like an idiot, babbling and stewing flowers. ”

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

“ If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good. ”

- Martin Luther

“ A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions. ”

- Wilson Mizner

“ The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. ”

- Rebecca West

“ A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one. ”

- Jean Baptiste Moliere

“ No one but a fool is always right. ”

- David Hare

“ The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself! ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ”

- Cynthia Heimel

“ The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part. ”

- Miguel de Cervantes
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