Fool Quotes

The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.

Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

But go on, valiant champion; you die not as a fool, though the apostate, unfaithful, and lukewarm ministers and professors of this generation think and say so.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool.

A naked woman in heels is a beautiful thing. A naked man in shoes looks like a fool.

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

It's fool's gold if you are winning games and are not playing the right way.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

I really love pets. They're like children. They know if you really love them or not. You can't fool them.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow skunks to choose the weapons.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.