“What fools these mortals be!”
Tanta stultitia mortalium est.
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter I: On Saving Time
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
Puck, Act III, scene ii.
Variant: Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
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English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes
“What fools these mortals be. (Acheron)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon book Dance with the Devil
Source: Dance with the Devil
“Lord, I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing!”
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 2
“Come out, my lord, it is a world of fools.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
Act iv, scene 3
Queen Mary: A Drama (published 1876)
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
Solomon (-990–-931 BC) king of Israel and the son of David
[Proverbs, 1:7, KJV] (KJV)
Noel Coward (1899–1973) English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer
Mad About the Boy (1932)
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
letter to Mrs. J.D. Hooker http://www.westadamsheritage.org/katharine-putnam-hooker (19 September 1911); published in The Life and Letters of John Muir http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/life_and_letters/default.aspx (1924), chapter 17, II; and in John Muir's Last Journey, edited by Michael P. Branch (Island Press, 2001), page 67 <br class="br">1910s
“Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.”
Robert Jordan A Crown of Swords
Damer Flinn
A Crown of Swords (15 May 1996)
“Fools scorn me when I dwell in human form: my higher being they know not as Great Lord of beings.”
W. Douglas P. Hill (1884–1962) British Indologist
Source: Chapter 9 (Raja–Vidya–Raja–Guhya yoga), p. 141. (11.)