“Who are a little wise, the best fools be.”
John Donne (1572–1631) English poet
The Triple Fool, stanza 2
“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Source: The Great Gatsby
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Source: Paul McCartney, Composer/Artist
“I love you because
You're a sweet little fool!”
John Henry Boner (1845–1903) American writer
The sweet little Fool (The Sequel), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
