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| Lord Acton |
A wise person does at once...
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| Franklin P. Adams |
The trouble with this country...
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| Joey Adams |
Never let a fool kiss you...
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| Joseph Addison |
Men may change their climate...
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| Scipio Africanus |
It is the part of a...
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| Akhenaton |
True wisdom is less presuming...
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| Marv Albert |
It's impossible to work under...
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| Sholom Aleichem |
Life is a dream for the...
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| Archibald Alexander |
Nature never makes any blunders...
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| Harry Anderson |
Even a fool knows you can't...
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| Harry Anderson |
Even a fool knows you can't...
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| Julie Andrews |
I would be a fool to...
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| Minna Antrim |
A fool bolts pleasure, then...
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| Roone Arledge |
Television is a powerful medium...
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| Armand Assante |
I go out there and make...
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| Marcus Aurelius |
To the wise, life is a...
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| Francis Bacon |
People have discovered that they...
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| Francis Bacon |
There is a difference between...
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| J. G. Ballard |
Any fool can write a novel...
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| Bob Barker |
You can't fool television viewers...
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| Lynda Barry |
Humor is such a wonderful...
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| Franz Beckenbauer |
We should not fool ourselves...
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| Chris Bell |
I guess what bothers me so...
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| Chris Bell |
I think that people need to...
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| Saul Bellow |
A fool can throw a stone...
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| Al Bernstein |
Sometimes the fool who rushes...
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| Al Bernstein |
A fool and his money get...
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| Ambrose Bierce |
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for...
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| Ambrose Bierce |
Vote: the instrument and symbol...
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| Josh Billings |
The best way to convince a...
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| Otto von Bismarck |
When you want to fool the...
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| John Blair |
We can't fool ourselves that...
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| William Blake |
The fool who persists in his...
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| William Blake |
A fool sees not the same...
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| William Blake |
If the fool would persist in...
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| Dave Blood |
You can't control how you are...
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| James Blunt |
I guess if you're stupid...
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| Daniel J. Boorstin |
I've learned any fool can...
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| Alain de Botton |
In Britain, because I live...
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| Gerald Brenan |
A healthy old fellow, who is...
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| Pearl S. Buck |
The bitterest creature under heaven...
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| Sitting Bull |
You think I am a fool...
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| Leo Burnett |
I have learned that any fool...
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| David D. Burns |
That's one of the peculiar...
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| George W. Bush |
You can fool some of the...
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| Samuel Butler |
The great pleasure of a dog...
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| Samuel Butler |
Any fool can tell the truth...
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| George Byron |
If I am fool, it is...
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| Maria Callas |
I was always too mature for...
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| Albert Camus |
He who despairs of the human...
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| Joseph Cannon |
Sometimes in politics one must...
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| Donald Cargill |
But go on, valiant champion...
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| Dale Carnegie |
Any fool can criticize, condemn...
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| Andrew Carnegie |
He that cannot reason is a...
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| Dale Carnegie |
Any fool can criticize, condemn...
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| William Cartwright |
The fool inherits, but the...
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| Giacomo Casanova |
In fact, to gull a fool...
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| Giacomo Casanova |
We avenge intellect when we...
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| Margaret Cavendish |
Indeed, I was so afraid to...
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| Miguel de Cervantes |
The most difficult character in...
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| Chanakya |
The serpent, the king, the...
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| Charlie Chaplin |
Failure is unimportant. It takes...
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| Ilka Chase |
When he said we were trying...
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| Lord Chesterfield |
In seeking wisdom thou art...
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| Agatha Christie |
Any woman can fool a man...
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| John Ciardi |
The Constitution gives every American...
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| Marcus Tullius Cicero |
It is the nature of every...
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| Marcus Tullius Cicero |
It is the peculiar quality of...
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| Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Any man is liable to err...
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| Luc de Clapier |
The fool is like those people...
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| Cleopatra |
Fool! Don't you see now that...
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| Paulo Coelho |
The wise are wise only because...
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| John Churton Collins |
A fool often fails because he...
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| Charles Caleb Colton |
Examinations are formidable even to...
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| Charles Caleb Colton |
There is this difference between...
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| Charles Caleb Colton |
The mistakes of the fool are...
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| William Congreve |
To find a young fellow that...
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| Anderson Cooper |
Anyone who says they're not...
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| Nicolaus Copernicus |
So far as hypotheses are...
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| Alan Coren |
I wonder sometimes if manufacturers...
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| William Cowper |
A fool must now and then...
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| Steve Cropper |
My ears won't fool me. Even...
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| Roald Dahl |
A person is a fool to...
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| Bobby Darin |
Any fool knows that bravado is...
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| Erasmus Darwin |
A fool is a man who...
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| Robertson Davies |
Only a fool expects to be...
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| Antonio Davis |
It's fool's gold if you are...
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| J. Wallace Day |
It takes a fool to test...
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| Thomas Dekker |
This age thinks better of a...
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| Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux |
However big the fool, there is...
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| Benjamin Disraeli |
The fool wonders, the wise man...
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| John Donne |
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why...
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| Fyodor Dostoevsky |
The cleverest of all, in my...
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| Norman Douglas |
It takes a wise man to...
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| Donna Douglas |
I really love pets. They're...
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| William Drummond |
He who will not reason, is...
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| William Drummond |
He that will not reason is...
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| William Drummond |
He that will not reason is...
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| John Dryden |
Fool that I was, upon my...
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| John Dryden |
Never was patriot yet, but was...
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| John Dryden |
Love works a different way in...
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| Will Durant |
It may be true that you...
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| Eamon |
The only people really down...
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| Albert Einstein |
Any fool can make things...
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| Albert Einstein |
Any intelligent fool can make...
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| George Eliot |
That's what a man wants in...
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| Jim Elliot |
He is no fool who gives...
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| Jim Elliot |
He is no fool who gives...
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| Epicurus |
The misfortune of the wise is...
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| Euripides |
Talk sense to a fool and...
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| Richard P. Feynman |
The first principle is that...
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| Jim Fiebig |
When someone demands blind obedience...
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| Henry Fielding |
A rich man without charity is...
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| Henry Fielding |
Commend a fool for his wit...
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| Henry Fielding |
One fool at least in every...
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| W. C. Fields |
If at first you don't succeed...
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| Suzanne Fields |
Johnny Cash was plenty good...
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| W. C. Fields |
If at first you don't succeed...
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| Jean de La Fontaine |
Everyone calls himself a friend...
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| Anatole France |
The fool doth think he is...
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| Marie de France |
The fool shouts loudly, thinking...
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| Benjamin Franklin |
Any fool can criticize, condemn...
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| Robert Frost |
A mother takes twenty years to...
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| J. William Fulbright |
We have the power to do...
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| James W. Fulbright |
We have the power to do...
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| Thomas Fuller |
The fool wanders, a wise man...
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| Thomas Fuller |
Travel makes a wise man better...
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| Thomas Fuller |
A fool's paradise is a wise...
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| Neil Gaiman |
It is a fool's prerogative to...
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| James A. Garfield |
I am trying to do two...
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| David Gerrold |
I have memories - but only a...
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| Max Gluckman |
A science is any discipline in...
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| Jeff Goldblum |
It's not charming to go on...
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| Barry Goldwater |
I think any man in business...
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| Baltasar Gracian |
A wise man gets more use...
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| Baltasar Gracian |
The wise does at once what...
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| Ursula K. Le Guin |
My imagination makes me human...
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| Alec Guinness |
Who is more foolish? The fool...
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| David Hare |
No one but a fool is...
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne |
The greatest obstacle to being...
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| Sean Hayes |
But when I did think about...
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| J. D. Hayworth |
Chavez made a compete fool of...
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| William Hazlitt |
It is not fit that every...
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| William Hazlitt |
Anyone who has passed though...
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| William Hazlitt |
The dupe of friendship, and...
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| Cynthia Heimel |
When in doubt, make a fool...
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| Heinrich Heine |
Talking and eloquence are not...
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| Levon Helm |
I don't fool with a lot...
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| Levon Helm |
When the second record came...
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| Hesiod |
The fool knows after he's...
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| Hesiod |
The fool learns by suffering.
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| John Hewson |
The reality is, it will be...
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| Patricia Highsmith |
That wasn't a bad price for...
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| Benny Hinn |
I'd be a fool to be...
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| Horace |
Fortune makes a fool of those...
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| Kin Hubbard |
The fellow that agrees with...
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| Elbert Hubbard |
Every man is a damn fool...
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| James Huneker |
He dares to be a fool...
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| Elizabeth I |
A fool too late bewares when...
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| Hugh Jackman |
I just love making a fool...
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| Alice James |
I wonder whether if I had...
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| Brion James |
My whole deal when I do...
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| Anna Jameson |
A man may be as much...
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| Billy Joel |
I don't care what consequence...
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| Billy Joel |
I really wish I was less...
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| Samuel Johnson |
Love is the wisdom of the...
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| Samuel Johnson |
It is better to remain silent...
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| Angelina Jolie |
If I make a fool of...
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| Erica Jong |
No one ever found wisdom...
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| Ben Jonson |
He that is taught only by...
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| Ben Jonson |
To speak and to speak well...
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| Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. |
Membership of the United Nations...
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| Carl Jung |
If one does not understand a...
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| Pauline Kael |
The first prerogative of an...
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| Danny Kaye |
I wasn't born a fool. It...
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| Felicity Kendal |
When I was much younger, I...
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| Rudyard Kipling |
The silliest woman can manage...
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| Dean Koontz |
Nothing gives us courage more...
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| Michael Korda |
The biggest fool in the world...
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| Henry Kravis |
Look, don't congratulate us when...
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| Louis L'Amour |
A wise man fights to win...
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| Jerome Lawrence |
The man who has everything...
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| Kenneth Lay |
Am I a fool? I don't...
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| Bruce Lee |
A quick temper will make a...
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| Bruce Lee |
Showing off is the fool's idea...
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| Bruce Lee |
A wise man can learn more...
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| Joseph E. Levine |
You can fool all the people...
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| Abraham Lincoln |
Better to remain silent and be...
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| Abraham Lincoln |
It is better to remain silent...
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| Abraham Lincoln |
You can fool all the people...
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| Walter Lippmann |
The best servants of the...
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| Adrian Lyne |
If you are prepared to make...
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| Robert Bulwer-Lytton |
A fool flatters himself, a...
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| Thomas B. Macaulay |
Many politicians are in the...
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| Niccolo Machiavelli |
The wise man does at once...
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| Harold MacMillan |
It has been said that there...
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| Bob Marley |
My music will go on forever...
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| Marcus Valerius Martial |
You give me nothing during...
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| W. Somerset Maugham |
It is unsafe to take your...
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| Andre Maurois |
People are what you make them...
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| Andre Maurois |
Self-pity comes so naturally...
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| Andre Maurois |
Self-pity comes so naturally...
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| John McCain |
War is wretched beyond description...
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| Bryant H. McGill |
Remember that the greatest fool...
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| Phyllis McGinley |
When blithe to argument I come...
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| Donella Meadows |
You may be able to fool...
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| Lord Melbourne |
A doctrinaire is a fool but...
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| H. L. Mencken |
A man may be a fool...
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| H. L. Mencken |
Before a man speaks it is...
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| Margaret Mitchell |
Fighting is like champagne. It...
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| Wilson Mizner |
A fellow who is always...
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| Moliere |
To marry a fool is to...
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| Moliere |
A learned fool is more a...
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| Baron de Montesquieu |
Author: A fool who, not...
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| Charles de Montesquieu |
An author is a fool who...
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| Charles de Montesquieu |
I have always observed that to...
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| Robert Morley |
Anyone who works is a fool...
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| J. B. Morton |
One disadvantage of being a...
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| Benito Mussolini |
The best blood will at some...
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| George Jean Nathan |
A life spent in constant labor...
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| Ben Nicholson |
When I left school I went...
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| Carroll O'Connor |
Some people thought we were...
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| Al Pacino |
It's easy to fool the eye...
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| William Penn |
To be a man's own fool...
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| Laurence J. Peter |
You can always tell a real...
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| Phaedrus |
It is the part of a...
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| Eden Phillpotts |
You never know what a fool...
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| Alexander Pope |
The learned is happy, nature...
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| J. B. Priestley |
Many a man is praised for...
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| Francois Rabelais |
If you wish to avoid seeing...
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| Michael Rapaport |
Only a genius can play a...
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| Michael Reed |
Any fool can say he is...
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| Theodor Reik |
The man who has never made...
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| Anne Rice |
To write something, you have...
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| Pat Robertson |
Is there in all the history...
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| Ann Robinson |
I was always a show-off...
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| Frank Robinson |
People come out to see the...
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| Francois de La Rochefoucauld |
The heart is forever making...
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| Knute Rockne |
Yes, I now that you feel...
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| Norman Rockwell |
I'm not going to be caught...
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| Nile Rodgers |
Music is the one part of...
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| Nile Rodgers |
You can fool a person into...
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| Will Rogers |
A fool and his money are...
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| Cesar Romero |
I was out dancing with one...
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| Cesar Romero |
When someone's acting for a...
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| Joseph Roux |
A fine quotations is a diamond...
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| Joseph Roux |
A fine quotation is a diamond...
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| Helen Rowland |
It takes a woman twenty years...
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| Helen Rowland |
It takes one woman twenty...
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| Helen Rowland |
A fool and her money are...
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| Richard Russo |
I'm delighted by how Nobody's...
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| Marquis de Sade |
My manner of thinking, so you...
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| Carl Sandburg |
Often I look back and see...
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| George Santayana |
The young man who has not...
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| George Santayana |
The young man who has not...
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| George Savile |
No man is so much a...
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| Franz Schubert |
The greatest misfortune of the...
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| Charles de Secondat |
I have always observed that to...
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| William Sessions |
Looking back on my life, I...
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| Thomas Shadwell |
The haste of a fool is...
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| William Shakespeare |
Better a witty fool than a...
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| William Shakespeare |
A fool thinks himself to be...
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| William Shakespeare |
I had rather have a fool...
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| William Shatner |
If you make a fool of...
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| George Bernard Shaw |
A fool's brain digests philosophy...
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| William Shenstone |
A fool and his words are...
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| Robert E. Sherwood |
To be able to write a...
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| Charles Simmons |
Ridicule is the first and last...
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| Diogenes of Sinope |
There is only a finger's...
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| Joey Skaggs |
It is the fool who thinks...
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| Thomas V. Smith |
No man made great by death...
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| King Solomon |
A fool is wise in his...
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| Sophocles |
Whoever gets up and comes to...
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| Joanna Southcott |
I am the fool, and must...
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| Leon Spinks |
I know a lot of people...
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| Charles Spurgeon |
Wisdom is the right use of...
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| Richard Steele |
The fool within himself is the...
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| Gwen Stefani |
I think I've been able to...
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| Adlai E. Stevenson |
There was a time when a...
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| Rod Stewart |
Only a fool permits the letter...
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| Jonathan Swift |
As blushing will sometimes make...
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| Jonathan Swift |
My nose itched, and I knew...
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| Jonathan Swift |
I wonder what fool it was...
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| Publilius Syrus |
Let a fool hold his tongue...
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| Charles Maurice de Talleyrand |
To succeed in the world, it...
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| Sharon Tate |
I don't fool myself. I can't...
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| Jeremy Taylor |
He that is proud of riches...
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| Alfred Lord Tennyson |
Guard your roving thoughts with...
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| Randall Terry |
Fool me once, shame on you...
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| William Makepeace Thackeray |
A clever, ugly man every now...
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| Denis Thatcher |
I wasn't absolutely too sure...
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| Dylan Thomas |
These poems, with all their...
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| Dylan Thomas |
Whatever talents I possess may...
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| Hunter S. Thompson |
No man is so foolish but...
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| Henry David Thoreau |
Any fool can make a rule...
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| James Thurber |
You can fool too many of...
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| Lars von Trier |
Only a fool does not fear...
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| Dalton Trumbo |
A good businessman never makes...
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| Thomas Tusser |
A fool and his money are...
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| Mark Twain |
It is better to keep your...
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| Mike Tyson |
That equals to being a fool...
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| Miguel de Unamuno |
A lot of good arguments are...
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| Peter Ustinov |
I am an optimist, unrepentant...
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| Bill Veeck |
I try not to kid myself...
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| Don Van Vliet |
I don't look like a desert...
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| Voltaire |
Very often, say what you will...
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| Frank Wedekind |
Any fool can have bad luck...
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| Stanley Weiser |
A fool and his money are...
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| Orson Welles |
Personally, I don't like a...
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| Mae West |
He who hesitates is a damned...
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| Jessamyn West |
Only a fool would refuse to...
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| Katherine Whitehorn |
I am firm. You are obstinate...
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| Thornton Wilder |
But there comes a moment in...
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| Tom Wilkinson |
You don't have any kind of...
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| Earl Wilson |
Always remember, money isn't everything...
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| John Woolman |
I find that to be a...
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| Frank Lloyd Wright |
A man is a fool if...
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| William Wycherley |
He's a fool that marries, but...
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| Andrew Young |
Tomorrow is the day when...
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| Edward Young |
Be wise with speed; a fool...
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| Israel Zangwill |
No Jew was ever fool enough...
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