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Well, luck is for fools. It's all they have to hope for, poor devils.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.

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Stephen KingOn Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a p...

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The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a...

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Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool abou...

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You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night,...

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A fool and his money are soon elected.

A fool must now and then be right, by chance.

I know now that what makes a fool is an inability to take even his own good advice.

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can...

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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fo...

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When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfis...

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The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.

If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, a...

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Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a littl...

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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion ...

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People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intellige...

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Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

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

Every success story has a parent who says, 'over my dead body.' Every success story has an old perso...

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I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mo...

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Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired...

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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

You must make your choice: either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or somethin...

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Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.

You think that's the solution to everything, don't you, Bane? Drinking and dancing and making love.....

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Cassandra ClareThe Rise of the Hotel Dumort

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.

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

A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool o...

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Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.

I was the worst kind of fool. When I look back on that August night, changed forever by all my wound...

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You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a l...

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Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the li...

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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...

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A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.

My world has just become perfect, midnight is also noonday, pain is also joy, a curse is also a bles...

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[Man] progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.

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George Bernard ShawAdvice to a Young Critic

A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all ...

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Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they ...

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George BurnsDoctor Burns' Prescription for Happiness

Ignorance is no reason with a fool for holding his tongue.

There is hardly a limit to the knowledge and sympathy a man may have in respect of the finest things...

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I am glad to see that you have enough imagination not to be altogether a fool... Yes, it is want of ...

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H. Rider HaggardHunter Quatermain's Story: The Uncollected Adventures of Allan Quatermain

Any fool can make a ruleAnd any fool will mind it.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may ...

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He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

Ah,' thought the king sadly, shrugging his shoulders, "I see clearly that if one has a crazy wife, o...

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Jean-Jacques RousseauSpells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture

Please, help me. Young werewolves in love. I turned to walk into the house, moving carefully.I had n...

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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

I could be living the best and happiest of lives if only I were not a fool.

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is n...

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The height the dupe has fallen is measured by his anger.

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel realit...

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It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of ...

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It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved ...

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I do still get extremely nervous before speeches. My biggest fear is that I'll be standing there in ...

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The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self ...

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Loki's green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he ha...

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So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot ...

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I'm not going to be caught around here for any fool celebration. To hell with birthdays!

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll...

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Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of...

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I don't care whose son he is. I won't go belly-up like a timid pup. If he's fool enough to take a po...

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I do not understand this man," [Tempi] said. "Is he attempting to buy sex with me? Or does he wish t...

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