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Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.

The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.

The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he's in love with her.

Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

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

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

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

The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little.

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools.