#fool

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them. ↗

— Samuel Pepys

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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other people about them. They want to appear healthier than they are, smarter, more honest and so forth. ↗

— Richard Posner

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Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly. ↗

— George Raft

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Spain is facing an economic situation of extreme difficulty, I repeat, of extreme difficulty, and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling themselves. ↗

— Mariano Rajoy

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Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool. ↗

— Michael Reed

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I foolishly thought that if I just 'made it' then everything would be okay. And everything wasn't okay. ↗

— Trent Reznor

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When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes. ↗

— Cesar Romero

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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. ↗

— Epictetus

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