Fools example sentences

"Fools" Example Sentences

1. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
2. There's no fool like an old fool.
3. The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
4. The wise man avoids danger, the fool invites it.
5. A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion, and a fool obeys nobody.
6. It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge, because faith is immune to logic. Fools are men who trust their faith without question.
7. A fool and his money are soon parted.
8. Love makes fools of us all.
9. Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
10. It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
11. One fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.
12. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
13. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
14. A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
15. A quickly won victory is long regretted, but a victory won through struggle is a source of lasting satisfaction. This is the difference between a wise man and a fool.
16. Fools laugh at their own mistakes, while wise men learn from them.
17. Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?
18. Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
19. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
20. The fool thinks himself to be superior to others, but the wise man knows that he is equal to all.
21. The tongue of a fool is often his own undoing.
22. Fools make promises and wise men keep them.
23. A wise man knows his own limitations, but a fool thinks he knows everything.
24. Fools rush to judge others, wise men take the time to understand them.
25. The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
26. He who marries a fool is in for a life of folly.
27. What is the use of a book without pictures or conversation? asks Alice. Indeed, what is the use of a book at all, thought the fool.
28. A wise man knows when to speak his mind, a fool speaks his mind all the time.
29. A fool's tongue is a dangerous weapon.
30. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others, a fool learns only from his own.

Common Phrases

1. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread;
2. Only fools and horses work;
3. Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something;
4. It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt;
5. Fools make feasts and wise men eat them;
6. Fools make mistakes, and wise men learn from them;
7. Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it;
8. Fools talk about people, wise men talk about ideas;
9. It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own;
10. Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Fools ignore it. Wise men seek it.