Playing The Fool Quotes

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  Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

  Alexander Pope

  Wisdom, Fear, Angel

  An Essay on Criticism l. 625 (1711)

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• Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Cute, Witty, Fools Day

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. [37]

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• A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

  William Blake

  Wise, Photography, Teaching

  'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'Proverbs of Hell'

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• Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

  Sholom Aleichem

  Life, Wise, Dream

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• People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Wise, Thinking, People

  Mary Wortley Montagu, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie Wharncliffe (1837). “The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes”, p.111

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• I am comfortable playing the fool, I think.

  Ben Barnes

  Thinking, Fool, Comfortable

  "Ben Barnes Talks KILLING BONO and THE SEVENTH SON". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 1, 2011.

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• Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Crazy, Men, Mad

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841). “Essays”, p.26

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• Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on you.

  Virginia Foxx

  Stupid, Silly, Fools Day

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. November 6, 2009.

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• The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool.

  Alexander Pope

  Giving, World, Fool

  Alexander Pope (1812). “The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson”, p.230

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• A fool and his money are soon elected.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Sarcastic, Money

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

  Baltasar Gracian

  Motivational, Wise, Wisdom

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• If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

  William Edward Hickson

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  "Try and Try Again". Poem by William Edward Hickson,

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• Lord, what fools these mortals be!

  William Shakespeare

  Summer, Dream, Stupid People

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 115

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• There is no fool like an old fool.

  Betty White

  Fool, Old Proverb

  Betty White (2011). “If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)”, p.143, Penguin

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• Every man plays the fool once in his live, but to marry is playing the fool all one's life long.

  William Congreve

  Funny, Men, Play

  John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1796). “British Theatre: Bonduca”

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• There's no fool like an old fool --- you can't beat experience.

  Jacob Braude

  Fool, Beats, Old Proverb

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• All's well that ends well.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Drama

  John Heywood (1867). “The proverbs and epigrams of John Heywood: with an app. of variations”, p.21

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• If at first you don't succeed, try management.

  Stephen Hawking

  Success, Perseverance, Persistence

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• A fool and his money are soon invited everywhere.

  Warren Buffett

  Money, Italian, Taxes Funny

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• All is well that ends well

  Emily Rodda

  Wise, Drama, Italian

  Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

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• A fool and his money are soon partying.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Money, Party

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• How tragic that the very thing that could set us free-playing the fool-is the thing we will not do. When we're afraid to be fools, we end up being afraid to be anything.

  Mike Mason

  Humility, Fool, Ends

  Mike Mason (2011). “Practicing the Presence of People: How We Learn to Love”, p.101, WaterBrook

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• A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.

  Thomas Tusser

  Money, Italian, Taxation

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• It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool

  Harold MacMillan

  Fool, Said, Has Beens

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• A fool and his money are soon married.

  Carolyn Wells

  Money, Italian, Fool

  Carolyn Wells (1912). “The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady”

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