The Fool Quotes

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

Science is a way to not fool ourselves.

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

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

Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

Idiot! Lunatic! Moron! Jackass! Selfish irresponsible fool!

Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise the flavour of the soup.

There is no fool like an old fool.

We’re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us don’t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.

I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice ... strike three.

The wisest fool in Christendom.

It says in the Bible that if you argue with a fool, you become one. That’s why I don’t talk to Fred Durst!

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

The wise man hath his thoughts in his head; the fool, on his tongue.

I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.

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

When something is staring you in the face in your life and you see it with your own two eyes and feel it within your heart only a fool doesn't believe it to be true.

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.

Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write.

Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.

The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived.

Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time. - The Great Gatsby.

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

Only fools don't contradict themselves

Silence is the wit of fools.

Any fool can tell a crisis when it arrives. The real service to the state is to detect it in embryo.

I can't live where I want to, I can't go where I want to go, I can't do what I want to, I can't even say what I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.

To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

I'd rather be a silly old fool than a lonely old woman.

He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.

Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.

Four varieties in society: lovers, the ambitious, observers, and fools. The fools are the happiest.

You can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.

This arch-liar today shows that Britain never was in a position to wage war alone. This gabbler, this drunkard Churchill. And then his accomplice in the White House, this mad fool.

If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are... ...We must always take risks. That is our destiny.

Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.