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"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."

"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."

Nicolas Boileau, French Poet

Fool, Fools, World

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"I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous."

"I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous."

Bill Veeck, American Businessman

Fool, Mind, Pretty

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"I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection."

"I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Fool, Man, Rejection, Thinking

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"We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast."

"We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast."

Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician

Fool, Foolishness, Now, Want

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"The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly."

"The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

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"A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man."

"A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man."

Lord Melbourne, British Statesman

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"The fool knows after he's suffered."

"The fool knows after he's suffered."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

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"The fool inherits, but the wise must get."

"The fool inherits, but the wise must get."

William Cartwright, English Dramatist

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"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."

"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."

Felicity Kendal, English Actress

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"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

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"I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!"

"I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!"

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

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"To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man."

"To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

Fool, Man, Succeed, World

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

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

Horace, Roman Poet

Fool, Foolishness, Right, Silly

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"Fools are more to be feared than the wicked."

"Fools are more to be feared than the wicked."

Queen Christina, Swedish Royalty

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"My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere."

"My ears won't fool me. Even when I do a session on digital, we still warm it up somewhere in the process, in mastering or mixing, running the signal through some tubes somewhere."

Steve Cropper, American Musician

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"The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?"

"The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?"

Thomas Chalmers, Scottish Clergyman

Fool, Fools, Public

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"Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

Bryant H. McGill, American Poet

Fool, Man, May, World

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"But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the cast I would be working with - I would have been a fool to turn it down just because the role for me was another gay role."

"But when I did think about it and looked at the whole package - the producers behind the show, the writers, the cast I would be working with - I would have been a fool to turn it down just because the role for me was another gay role."

Sean Hayes, American Actor

Fool, Gay, Writers

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"Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools."

"Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools."

William Lamb Melbourne, British Politician

Fool, Fools, Man, Woman, Worth

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"A minority group has "arrived" only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it."

"A minority group has "arrived" only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it."

Carl T. Rowan, American Journalist

Fool, Fools, Minority, Right

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"I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself."

"I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself."

Denis Thatcher, British Businessman

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"Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness."

"Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness."

Sidney Hook, American Philosopher

Fool, Foolishness, Idealism, Ignorance

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"I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools."

"I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools."

Jack Black, American Actor

Fool, Fools, Kids

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"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."

"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

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"To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool."

"To be able to write a play a man must be sensitive, imaginative, naive, gullible, passionate; he must be something of an imbecile, something of a poet, something of a liar, something of a damn fool."

Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright

Fool, Man, Play

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"However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him."

"However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him."

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, French Poet

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"Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools."

"Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Fool, Fools, Silly

10

"I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future."

"I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future."

David Gerrold, American Writer

Fool, Future, Memories, Past

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"That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness, someone else always suffers for them."

"That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness, someone else always suffers for them."

Alfred Sutro, American Playwright

Fool, Foolishness

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"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way."

"The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

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"Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool."

"Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool."

Michael Reed, British Celebrity

9

"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."

"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Fool, Wit, Witty

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"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

Voltaire, French Writer

9

"You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer."

"You can fool a person into going to see a movie with a good trailer."

Nile Rodgers, American Musician

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"Silence is the wit of fools."

"Silence is the wit of fools."

Anatole France, French Novelist

Fool, Fools, Silence, Wit

8

"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool."

"If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

6

"It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united."

"It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Fool, Fools, Fortune, Merit, United

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"To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself."

"To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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"Fools are my theme, let satire be my song."

"Fools are my theme, let satire be my song."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Fool, Fools, Satire, Song

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"Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool."

"Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool."

Voltaire, French Writer

Fool, Knave, Will

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"The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool."

"The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Fool, Man, Will

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"Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky."

"Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Fool, Fools, Fortune

3

"It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is."

"It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

3

"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."

"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."

Horace, Roman Poet

Fool, Fools, Shame, Wounds

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"There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon."

"There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Fool, Fools, World

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"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!"

"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!"

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Fool, Paradise, Man

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Fool, May, Pleasure, Will

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