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Fool Quotes - Page 36

A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.

Samuel Richardson (1751). “Letters and passages restored from the original manuscripts of the History of Clarissa. To which is subjoined, a collection of such of the moral and instructive sentiments ... contained in the History, as are presumed to be of general use and service ... Published for the sake of doing justice to the purchasers of the first two editions of that work”, p.243

I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished”, p.359

We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God .

St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, J. F. Shaw (2009). “On Christian Doctrine”, p.10, Courier Corporation

In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes

Robert Jordan (2002). “From The Two Rivers: The Eye of the World”, p.49, Macmillan

A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.225, Penguin

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.

"Oh, The Places You’ll Go, Part 2" by Ian Crouch, www.newyorker.com. June 21, 2010.