Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art." Feste: "But as well? Then you are mad indeed, if you be no better in you wits than a fool.
William Shakespeare
Related I confess, I do not understand what there is in her to make a clever man like you act such a fool.�... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Janala is a fool, just bright enough to be proud of the wits she has, but stupid enough to be unawar... BRANDON SANDERSON You are always afraid that somebody may think you a fool. You are afraid that if others think you to... OSHO Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to... SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that... ADRIAN LYNE A wise man learns from his mistakes; a fool won't even learn from his fatal ones. There is... MATSHONA DHLIWAYO I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' ... DEREK LANDY Olivia: What's a drunken man like, fool? Feste: Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman: one d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar. ALLY CARTER There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES That's good; don't deny it. Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a lia... ALLY CARTER I would dare much, sir, against a man who seemingly does not understand boundaries. You must ask a w... EMMA HAMM I am a fool for Christ...whose fool are you? BROTHER ANDREW If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. . . . The w... RUDYARD KIPLING If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. . . . The ... RUDYARD KIPLING Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man ou... LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Wi... TAMORA PIERCE If I can fool a bug... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs. E.B. WHITE I made such a fool of myself,” she lamented. “Love does not make you a fool.” “He ... MITCH ALBOM I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Have you summoned your wits from woolgathering? THOMAS MIDDLETON If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world w... RUDYARD KIPLING Theologians and other clerks, You won't understand this book, -- However bright your wit... MARGUERITE PORETE What a strange creature is a laughing fool, As if a man were created to no use But only to... JOHN WEBSTER The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like It. Act v... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You can fool no man than yourself. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking ab... CHARLOTTE BRONTë In my opinion, you are a fool and in yours, I am too. VIKRANT PARSAI If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. J. R. R. TOLKIEN Her mother sneered. “Then you are a fool.” “Good. I’ve become rather fond of fool... MARISSA MEYER Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using ... CRISS JAMI Clown: Good Madonna, why mournest thou? Olivia: Good Fool, for my brother's death. Clown:I... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ay, now am I in Arden: the more fool I. When I was at home I was in a better place; but travellers m... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. SHORT QUOTES Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. JOEY ADAMS But, indeed, words are very rascals, since bonds [vows] disgraced them." Viola: "Thy reason, ma... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of
their wits, they would have no more di... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a fool as that. But if one is ... C.S. LEWIS Do question, even the basics! You will be a fool for once! If you don't, you will be, for ... HIMMILICIOUS I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re bot... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY If you argue with a fool, you become a fool. L.A. HILDEN My favorite Proverb: If you argue with a fool, how will they know who the fool is? C. FERN COOK I just wanted to be your fool. But you were too fool to understand. ARZUM UZUN When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor. AUSTIN O'MALLEY I am a scientist, and as such I am proud to say that being stupid at times is a very human thing. Be... ABHIJIT NASKAR O innocent victims of Cupid, Remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stu... E. Y. HARBURG A man met the Buddha after the Buddha became enlightened. The man was awed by his remarkable radianc... LINDA LEAMING You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is ... MARK TWAIN If they fool me once, it's first time. If they fool me again, I am learning. If they fool me third t... LILY CHATTERJEE There's no such things as sweet as dream Well maybe if you live on it But you could live s... JOSHUA NATAD ...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--" "Indeed, sir! May ... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will le... CHUCK JONES (You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel as... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry. Katherine: If I be waspish, best ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the g... FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man ou... LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I know where I've been, and I see where I'm going. Never forget, I walked away after you did. You ca... LAURA KESSLER If you follow a fool, you're a fool yourself JAMAICAN PROVERB So ask me if I am alright. 'I’m fine; I’m always fine.' You see this look in my eyes.<... EMMA ROSE KRAUS If ever you should have an epiphany – and I think you know what I’m talking about – latch onto... JAMES BERNARD FROST And where," Socrates smiled, "is the universe?" "The universe is well, there are theories about... DAN MILLMAN A fool is only a fool when he doesn't know he's a fool. But if a fool knows he's a fool, then there ... FATHOM All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life has so... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No matter how well you plan things, and make sure everything is in order, remember that there is no ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Alright! You sir, you sir, how about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney. You... STEPHEN SONDHEIM The poet was a fool who wanted no conflict among us, gods or people. Harmony nee... HERACLITUS Would you want you as a friend? PETER STROPLE You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits. NEIL KINNOCK She has the blood of a wolf,” said Joffrey. “And you have the wits of a goose,” said Tyri... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN If you can try to nap where someone's sitting, Although there is another empty chair, Then... HENRY N. BEARD When we’re there I’ll create a distraction. You have to keep your wits about you, Lady Rogan. Wa... SAMANTHA YOUNG I've got a hangover." "No, you hit your head on the floor." "I can't stay. I've got to res... DIANA WYNNE JONES I think I'm going to go. I'll see you this weekend. And just so you know, holding grudges gives you ... PRISCILLA GLENN Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU Fool brother Filip led blind brother Daret deep into the black cave. He knew that insid... SUSAN DENNARD In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool. RABBI BEN AZAI In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD The first time I heard you laugh, I only wanted to say funny things so you would always ... KAMAND KOJOURI If your expenditure brings you poverty, then you may call yourself a poor but the world will call yo... AMIT KALANTRI If a man is a fool, you don't train him out of being a fool by sending him to university. You merely... DESMOND BAGLEY It will make you powerful. But it will also make you weak. Your prowess in combat will be beyond any... RICK RIORDAN A fool, but an honest fool, you remain, Peregrin Took. Wiser ones migth have done worse in such a pa... J.R.R. TOLKIEN If you own your own home free and clear, people will often refer to you as a fool. All that money si... ANTHONY HSIEH I assure you that a learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool MOLIERE Smartass Disciple: Master, if you are so good, can you drive a car with your eyes closed? Maste... TOBA BETA No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a kna... GEORGE SAVILE No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a kna... GEORGE SAVILE You can't fool me, comrade. You want to put on a cowboy hat and keep lawless bank robbers in line.''... RICHELLE MEAD BEATRICE Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to dinner. BENEDICK Fai... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I can be a stupid girl inside of a crazy woman at times over you. If I weren’t, you should be worr... CRYSTAL WOODS Do I perceive a softening in your heart for me, damoiselle?" He laughed at her scowl. "Beware maid. ... KATHLEEN E. WOODIWISS Jem shook his head. "You bit de Quincey" he said. "You fool. He's a VAMPIRE" "I had no ch... CASSANDRA CLARE If you stab me in the back than you are a fool. If you want to hurt me than look me in the eyes. ALLY FAZIO
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Which holds but till thy news be uttered,
And the... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, my sweet sir, news fitting to the night,
Black, fearful, comfortless, and horrible. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ten day ago I drowned these news in tears;
And now, to add more measure to your woes,
I come t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever a... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There's villainous news abroad. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If't be summer news,
Smile to't before; if winterly, thou need'st
But keep that count'nance st... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
To wage against the emnity o' th' air,
To be a comra... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Now we sit close about this taper here
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Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition--
... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They say men are molded out of faults, and for the most, become much more the better; for being a li... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Men's faults to themselves seldom appear. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and brea... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'Tis the mind that makes the body rich. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it al... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He is half of a blessed man. Left to be finished by such as she; and she a fair divided excellence, ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning;
One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;
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Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity
(So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
That is... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hoy-day!
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Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold;
... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If thou art rich, thou'rt poor,
For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,
Thou bear'st thy... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who worship d... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What, man! more water glideth by the mill
That wots the miller of; and easy it is
Of a cut lo... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner:
Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The people are like water and the ruler a boat. Water can
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When thou art all the better part of me?
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It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest wa... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A little more than kin, and less than kind! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But jealous souls will not be answered so;
They are not ever jealous for the cause,
But jealou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
The meat it fee... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
supplants us all in the long run. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I shall be condemned
Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else
But what your jealousies awake... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to com... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet 'tis greater skill
In a true hate to pray they have their will;
The very devils cannot pla... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The miserable have no other medicine But only hope. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE