People who think that love, sex, marriage, work, play, life and death are serious matters are urged NOT to read this book. Buy it, yes, but don't read it. [Regarding "The Fool's Progress"] - Edward Abbey Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar - Mark Twain Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town? - Mark Twain Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. - Mark Twain Why? Why do the fools fly?' said Denethor. 'Better to burn sooner than late, for burn we must. Go back to your bonfire! And I? I will go now to my pyre. To my pyre! No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No tomb! No long slow sleep of death e...

There is a certain animal vitality in most of us which carries us through any trouble but the absolutely overwhelming. Only a fool has no sorrow, only an idiot has no grief - but then only a fool and an idiot will let grief and sorrow ride him down into the grave. - Edward Abbey Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job's got to get done - Meg Cabot Only a fool took a remote from a god. - Sherrilyn Kenyon Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others. - Otto Von Bismarck Only a fool is not afraid. - Madeleine L Engle Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing. - Jean De La Fontaine Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. - Voltaire The old tale of Sleeping Beauty might end happily in French or English, but he was in Russia, and only a fool would want to live t...

I mean to have you, Rose, you and all of your thorns. I'm a disagreeable and stubborn bastard, but I'm not a fool. You didn't really expect me to pass you up, did you? - Ilona Andrews But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone. - Thornton Wilder We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool today. I've learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly. - Ray Bradbury A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living. - Gerald Brenan I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty....

Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?" "What's that?" "The world didn't come to an end. - Charles M Schulz I guess that's the danger with firstsyou lose all sense of proportion. So I made a fool of myself, even though I didn't realize it at the time. I was so devoted to him. - David Levithan I liked this guy a lot. And I thought he liked me a lot, but in truth he didn't really like me at all. He was my first boyfriend, and I made him my everything-he was my new life, my new love, my new compass point. I guess that's the danger with flirts-you lose all sense of proportion. So I made a fool of myself, even though I didn't realize it at the time. I was so devoted to him. - David Levithan It's the world, you live in it, even if some boy has made a fool...

I mean to have you, Rose, you and all of your thorns. I'm a disagreeable and stubborn bastard, but I'm not a fool. You didn't really expect me to pass you up, did you? - Ilona Andrews We're all fools," said Clemens, "all the time. It's just we're a different kind each day. We think, I'm not a fool today. I've learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we're not perfect and live accordingly. - Ray Bradbury

Hasn't life taught me well enough? Love is not mine to find. I'm a fool. Damn it to hell. - Debra Anastasia Evidently you think I'm a fool who will easily succumb to flattery, or else your standards are quite low. - Lisa Kleypas I'm a fool, to confuse this with goodness. I am not good. I know too much to be good. I know myself. I know myself to be vengeful, greedy, secretive and sly. - Margaret Atwood My friends say I'm a fool to think that you're the one for me, I guess I'm just a sucker for love. (love love) 'Cause honsetly the truth is that you know I'm never leaving, 'cause your my angel sent from above. (bove bove) Me and you can do no wrong. My money is yours give you a lil more 'cause I love ya, love ya. With me girl is where you belong... -Love Me - Justin Bieber Olivia: What's a drunken man like, fool? Feste: Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman: one draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third d...

I am a fool for Christ...whose fool are you? - Brother Andrew You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am. - Sitting Bull I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool. - Kurt Vonnegut He could cheat on me and he would never tell me, and he would think less and less of me for not figuring it out. He would see me across the breakfast table, innocently slurping cereal, and know that I am a fool, and how can anyone respect a fool? - Gillian Flynn But Anne, do you love him?" I asked curiously. The curve of her hood hid all but the corner of her smile. "I am a fool to own it, but I am in a fever for his touch. - Philippa Gregory This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella. - Dorothy Parker I am a fool, said Richard Lovat, which was the most frequent discovery he made. It came, moreover, every time with a new shock of surpri...

There is a certain animal vitality in most of us which carries us through any trouble but the absolutely overwhelming. Only a fool has no sorrow, only an idiot has no grief - but then only a fool and an idiot will let grief and sorrow ride him down into the grave. - Edward Abbey Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the differance - Mark Twain It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. - Mark Twain It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. - Mark Twain He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. - Mark Twain You have heretofore found out, by my teachings, that man is a fool; you are now aware that woman is a damned fool. - Mark Twain Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and re...