“4693. The older a Fool is, the worse he is.”

“5272. Travel makes a wise Man better, but a Fool worse.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

“Life is not fair…Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.”

David Brin book The Uplift War

“The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With the grand opportunities all around for the man with a political pull, there’s no excuse for stealin’ a cent. p. 32”

George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator

“He who poses as a fool is not a fool.”

Robert Greene book The 48 Laws of Power

“Who would be such a fool as to make advances to his reader, advances which might end in rejection or, worse still, in acceptance?”

Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) poet, critic, novelist, essayist

“I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others -- The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.”

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

“She wanted to test her husband.
She knew exactly what to do:
A pseudonym to fool him.
She couldn't have made a worse move.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer