Fool Quotes - Page 41
Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar.
Ally Carter (2011). “Only the Good Spy Young”, p.193, ReadHowYouWant.com
'An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot' (1735) l. 83.
I have been Foolish and Deluded, and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.
A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.37, Egmont UK
I see a woman may be made a fool, If she had not a spirit to resist.
William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall (1857). “Tempest”, p.274
Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools.
'As You Like It' (1599) act 5, sc. 4, l. [36]
To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast!
William Shakespeare (1976). “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice”, p.38, Heinemann
But fish not with this melancholy bait For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 101
William Makepeace Thackeray (2016). “Vanity Fair (Diversion Classics)”, p.103, Diversion Books
William Makepeace Thackeray (2008). “The History of Pendennis (Volume 1 of 6 ) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition)”, p.167, ReadHowYouWant.com
The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge
William Cowper, Robert Southey (1835). “The Works of William Cowper, Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations”, p.165
William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.203, Delphi Classics
Vladimir Nabokov (2012). “Despair”, p.104, Penguin UK
O foolish writer. Now moves. Even in storytime, dreamtime, once-upon-a-time, now isn't then.
Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “Tales from Earthsea”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Umberto Eco (2007). “Foucault's Pendulum”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
1954 The Matchmaker, act 4.
Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.57, Hamilton Books
Stewart Brand (1995). “How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built”, p.233, Penguin