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My dear imaginary Captain MacKenzie, you are not real and never will be. I, however, am a true and eternal fool.
Here, have a drawing of a snail. — Tessa Dare

As for despair, it comes about when I have been a fool and hate myself and despair of my personality. I am prone to gloom, but not depression as such. — Alain De Botton

The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Fashion, ah yes. A fool's game, if I am not mistaken. — K.F. Breene

A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. — G.K. Chesterton

I am not a fool, you know, although I am a woman, and have my woman's moments. — Thomas Hardy

I'd not taken you for a fool. Silent yes, but a fool, no. — Erika Swyler

Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let him resolutely pursue a solitary course; there is no fellowship with the fool. — Gautama Buddha

Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup. — Gautama Buddha

This is why I hate things like love, not only it will turn me into a fool, it would also turn me into a complete failure. — Yoshiki Nakamura

A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool. — Zhuangzi

Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, Duc De La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. — Bob Marley

You fool around with different pitches playing catch, but it's not the same when you've got to face some guy with a bat in his hand. — Chili Davis

Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter; Oh no! the miserablest day we live There's many a better thing to do than die! — George Darley

He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave. — William Drummond

The players I respected most were the toughest players, not those who talked a good game or blocked a shot and acted like a fool. — Jay Bilas

If I don't fool you, I'm not doing my job as a magician.
If I make you feel foolish, I'm not doing my job as a human being. — Jerry Andrus

For Tammy Duckworth to blame the junior senator from Illinois for Islamic terror shows that she is a naive fool not fit for office in the Senate. — Mark Kirk

Everybody's strange everywhere. Most of the trick of being a social animal is pretending you're not. But who do you fool? Nobody worth talking to. — Catherynne M Valente

The Path of the Heart is the Hardest to take, for the Heart will not Fool, and the Heart will not Fake. — A.B. Curtiss

He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool. — Hippocrates

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool! — Muammar Al-Gaddafi

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I'd have been a fool not to have thought of it, and a greater fool not to have thought better of it. — Lois McMaster Bujold

It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so. — Charles Caleb Colton

But I am still far from them, and my sense does not speak to their sense. To men I am something between a fool and a corpse. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I see a woman may be made a fool,
If she had not a spirit to resist. — William Shakespeare

It's amazing how powerful a smile can be, even a forced one. It's all it takes to fool people into believing you're not falling apart inside. — Nicola Haken

A woman who is not quite a fool will forgive your being but a man, if you are surely that ... — George Meredith

I'm not educated; I'd be a damn fool if I was (educated)! — Bob Marley

Only a fool would be fighting them, my queen, and though I am a fool, I'm not that foolish. (Lutian) — Kinley MacGregor

But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool? — Charles Portis

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. — Andrew Carnegie

7 Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge. — Anonymous

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. — Mark Twain

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him — Confucius

Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both. — Anderson Cooper

There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him. — Elizabeth I

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for! — Marcus Valerius Martial

If ever a fool utters all kinds of insults against you,
The best bet is to not respond at all. — Miguel El Portugues

Because only the greatest fool alive would rebuff a love such as yours. And I should like to think I am not as stupid as that. — Catherine Miller

Tell me I'm a fool. I would not know how to believe it. — Jon Anderson

Science is a way of thinking that helps you not to fool yourself. — Carl Sagan

A Warrior also knows that the fool who gives advice about someone else's garden is not tending his own plants. — Paulo Coelho

Who then is sane? He who is not a fool. — Horace

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever." - Chinese proverb — Kevin E. Kruse

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life. — Confucius

A fool does not see the same trees a wise man sees. — Rick Hilles

The man who feels fear without cause is a fool; but the man is twice a fool who does not feel fear when there is cause. — Marion Zimmer Bradley

That's not the point. The point is, he's a fool who won't give up on you. — Rainbow Rowell

Would you think me such a fool that you could be here, in this city, this building, this room and me not know about it? — Jessica Shirvington

I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool. — Robert A. Heinlein

For a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one. — L. Frank Baum

I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret Mine own could not contain. — Philip Massinger

He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold? — William Wycherley

To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool. — Mason Cooley

All names of good and evil are images; they do not speak out, they only hint. He is a fool who seeks knowledge from them. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Being a fool for God was not merely alright but liberating. — Joy Davidman

He who poses as a fool is not a fool. — Robert Greene

For of course if nobody agrees with you, how are you to know youre not a fool? — George Bernard Shaw

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. — Elbert Hubbard

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound — Duke Of Wellington

Communism was something so hideous that you had to be an exceptional conformist or a fool not to see the evil around you. — Donald Tusk

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that. — Levon Helm

Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. — Richard P. Feynman

Donald Trump is a fool, but he is not free to be a dangerous fool in Britian. — Jack Dromey

Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire. — Gautama Buddha

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me. — Angelina Jolie

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. — H.L. Mencken

It's not charming to go on a show and say, I dunno. It doesn't fool anybody. There's nothing glamorous about it at all. — Jeff Goldblum

Never argue with a fool, people might not notice the difference — Niq Mhlongo

This is the Torture Room. But don't let the name fool you. This is a tent, not a room. — Jeremy C. Shipp

You have to muster a certain amount of belief that you're not making a mistake and you're not a fool. And this means you have to have faith. — Julia Cameron

A man who will not listen carefully to advice honestly given is a fool. Of course, a man who blindly takes any advice he receives is a bigger fool. — Tad Williams

What is the mirror of Being? Non-being. Bring non-being as your gift, if you are not a fool. — Rumi

He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be. — Philip James Bailey

I am not a fool. This is why Olga was so distraught - because I teetered the line, and most times my left foot was a paperweight clinging to hell. — Rebekah Armusik

Then one can't make a living out of poetry? Certainly not. What fool expects to? Out of rhyming, yes. — Jack London

Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I did not want to be taken for a fool-the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse. — Jules Amedee Barbey D'Aurevilly

I'm not afraid to look like a fool - and I think when you're not afraid, you never do. — Lara Flynn Boyle

He was not a practical joke nor was he a fool but he was determinedly original and had a vague and modest idea of himself as a legendary figure. — John Cheever

He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool. — Charles Caleb Colton

Science is a way for us to not fool ourselves. — Richard P. Feynman

You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him. — Confucius

Set a church clock wrong to fool the devil, my mother always told me. But in this case I suspect the devil is not fooled.

Not for a minute. — Joanne Harris

Sir, don't make a bigger fool out of yourself because I promise you, if my car is not here when I leave service today ... just pray for rapture. — Jevon L. Mack

This great purple butterfly,
In the prison of my hands,
Has a learning in his eye
Not a poor fool understands. — William Butler Yeats

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. — Maya Angelou

A fool suffers, thinking,
"I have children! I have wealth!"
One's self is not even one's own.
How then are children? How then is wealth? — Gautama Buddha

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. — Mark Twain

We all know a fool when we see one - but not when we are one. — Arnold H. Glasow

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. — Anonymous

Terak, you are not a fool. You are a great leader, — Danielle Monsch

Writing is something you Do and not discuss. Talk is cheap, wishes are free and a fool is included with every purchase. So spend your time wisely. — Jaime Reed

I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect. — William Blake

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. — Montesquieu

Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don't exist. It's a fine line to walk, but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed. He — Patrick Rothfuss

Back to school to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool. — Adam Sandler