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The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.

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

Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that.

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools.

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

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

Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.

To marry a fool is to be no fool.

I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

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

Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.

One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear.

Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of.