"You think I'm a fool?" demanded Harry. "No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends."
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"Because other people are fools, must you be so too?"
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"As we at all times criticise the Premier for his management of home affairs, call Mr Butler a fool for his Budget, find fault with Beecham's conducting, or Gielgud's performance, can we not, sometimes, say that our cricketers are not quite so brilliant as usual?"
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"No fools are so difficult to manage as those with some brains."
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"The older a fool is, the worse he is."
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"Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable."
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"To the counsel of fools a wooden bell."
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"Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour."
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"Many of the characters are fools and they're always playing tricks on me and treating me badly."
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"Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all."
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"Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it."
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"Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool."
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"The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are."
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"He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything."
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"Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold."
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"Scratch a king and find a fool!"
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"I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool."
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"You had measured how long a fool you were upon the ground."
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"Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats."
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"Each of us is sometimes a cretin, a fool, a moron, or a lunatic. A normal person is just a reasonable mix of these components, these four ideal types."
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