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| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. |
| Fool |
| The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act V. Scene 1. (Touchstone.) | 1 |
| For every inch that is not fool is rogue. Dryden.—Absalom and Achitophel, Part II. Line 463. | 2 |
| No creature smarts so little as a fool. Pope.—Prol. to Satires, Line 84. | 3 |
| At thirty man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve, Resolves—and re-resolves; then dies the same. Young.—Night I. Line 418. | 4 |
| ’Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right by chance. Cowper.—Conversation, Line 95. | 5 |
| Why should I play the Roman fool, and die On mine own sword? Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act V. Scene 7. (Before his combat with Macduff.) | 6 |
| A fool at forty is a fool indeed. Young.—Sat. II. Line 282. | 7 |
| The fool of nature, stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. Dryden.—Cymon and Iphigenia. | 8 |
| A fool, a fool! I met a fool i’ the forest, A motley fool; a miserable world; As I do live by food, I met a fool; Who laid him down and bask’d him in the sun, And rail’d on lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms,—and yet a motley fool.— Motley’s the only wear. Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act II. Scene 7. (Jacques.) | 9 |
| A French edition of a fool. Cawthorne.—Equality of Human Conditions, Line 2. | 10 |
| The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act I. Scene 2. (Celia to Touchstone.) | 11 |
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