William Shenstone Quotes

I'm not educated; I'd be a damn fool if I was (educated)!

Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool.

Traveling is a fool's paradise.

What a fool honesty is.

If you don't allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.

Only a fool can believe people are basically good

Of course she is a fool, but so are all girls.

Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.

Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.

There is, they say, no fool like an old fool.

A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible.

You see I'm such a fool that I'm never afraid of appearing foolish.

There had never been a shortage of fools in the world

Now and then, there's a fool such as I.

The man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool.

I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.

Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal to being a fool.

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.

A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.

In youth, before I waxe' d old, The blind boy,Venus' baby, For want of cunning made me bold, In bitter hive to grope for honey.

Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools.

Fools, your reward is neither here nor there.