Membership of the United Nations gives every member the right to make a fool of himself, and that is a right of which the Soviet Union in this case has taken full advantage.
The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.
Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled.
The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, as long as money will last to buy it.
Nothing gives us courage more readily than the desire to avoid looking like a damn fool.
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.