Fool Quotes

He who hesitates is a damned fool.
Mae West

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
Albert Camus

Hope, Human, Coward

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
H. L. Mencken

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Wise, Once, Finally

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Forget, Others, Quality

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.
Angelina Jolie

Anyone, Perception, Cares

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.
Bobby Darin

Love, God, Truth

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
Voltaire

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
Will Durant

Time, True, May

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
H. L. Mencken

Before, After, Necessary

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.
Al Pacino

Heart, Hard, Easy

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
Marcus Aurelius

Life, Wise, Problem

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!
Marquis de Sade

Care, Thinking, Cannot

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Opinion, Once, Himself

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Baltasar Gracian

Wise, Last, Once

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.
Carl Jung

Person, Him, Understand

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.
Mike Tyson

Guys, Fame, Fortune

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Blake

Wise, Same, Tree

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Cynthia Heimel

Yourself, Doubt, Hell

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard P. Feynman

Yourself, Person, Principle

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.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Care, Jealous, Words

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
Carroll O'Connor

Good, Character, Thought

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

Power, Country, Vote

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
William Blake

Wise, Become, Folly

Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.
Cleopatra

Live, Able, Times

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
Rudyard Kipling

Woman, Needs, Clever

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
E. F. Schumacher

Courage, Genius, Direction

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Error, Err, Liable

The heart is forever making the head its fool.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Heart, Making, Head

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature, Person, Error

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