"God always looks after the fools and — and the United States."
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""I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?""
"I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to."
"Every man is entitled to make a darn fool of himself at least once in a lifetime."
"You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both."
"A fool and his money are soon married."
"He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom."
"The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows."
"I'm not educated; I'd be a damn fool if I was (educated)!"
"Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions."
"What a fool honesty is."
"Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by."
"None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence."
"The miser, poor fool, not only starves his body, but also his own soul."
"Just Me, Just Me Sweet Marie, she loves just me (She also loves Maurice McGhee). No she don't, she loves just me (She also loves Louise Dupree). No she don't, she loves just me (She also loves the willow tree). No she don't, she loves just me! (Poor, poor fool, why can't you see She can love others and still love thee.)"
"We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude."
"A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains."
"All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns."
"The man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool."
"A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life."