Fool Quotes - Page 16

OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer . . .

You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

Children are not yet fools, but we shall turn them into imbeciles like ourselves, with high I.Q.'s if possible.

It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of intelligence.

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

A wise man seeks much counsel...a fool listens to all of it.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

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

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

I'm nobody's fool, least of all yours.

Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.

If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool.

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.

An unemployed jester is nobody's fool.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself.

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.

Hurry is the weakness of fools.

An old fool is the worst of all fools.

Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dialer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts.

As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing.

Thus hath the candle sing'd the moth. O these deliberate fools!