111 quotes found
“The poor schlemiel is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.”
“None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.”
“Nature never makes any blunders when she makes a fool she means it.”
“Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.”
“It is said that a wise man who stands firm is a statesman and a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.”
“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”
“Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority for any town?”
“For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.”
“Who loves not women wine and song Remains a fool his whole life long.”
“What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do.”
“There is no chance for old fools.”
“A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.”
“You men think old men are fools but old men know young men are the fools.”
“Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain't that a big enough majority in any town?”
“A fool and his money are soon parted.”
“A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.”
“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
“Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted wise.”
“The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman.”
“It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.”