"Thus hath the candle sing'd the moth. O these deliberate fools!"
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"It is the property of fools to be always judging."
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"If you don’t want your life to be 'messed up', don’t fool around with those who have messed up theirs."
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"If a traveller does not meet with one who is his better, or his equal, let him firmly keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool."
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"A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool."
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"God cannot save them from fools."
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"The Truth is in the prolouge. Death to the romantic fool., the expert in solitary confinement."
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"When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue."
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"A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool."
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"Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men."
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"Its always been my tendency to lie to doctors, as if good health consisted only of the ability to fool them."
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"Follow the rules or follow the fools."
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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. So you have to be very careful about that. After you’ve not fooled yourself, it’s easy not to fool other scientists. You just have to be honest in a conventional way after that."
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"The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor."
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"How easy love makes fools of us."
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"Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father."
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"I am firm; YOU are obstinate; HE is a pig-headed fool."
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"At their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and mad men."
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"I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ"
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"I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare."
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