Chapter FOOL to FOREFATHERS of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

FOOL to FOREFATHERS

FOOL.—At thirty man suspects himself a fool;
Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;
At fifty, chides his infamous delay,
Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve,
Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same.

Young.—Night I. Line 418.

’Tis hard if all is false that I advance,
A fool must now and then be right by chance.

Cowper.—Conversation, Line 95.

Why should I play the Roman fool, and die
On mine own sword?

Shakespeare.—Macbeth, Act V. Scene 7. (Before his combat with Macduff.)

A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Young.—Sat. II. Line 282.

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes
And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.

Dryden.—Cymon and Iphigenia.

A fool, a fool! I met a fool i’ the forest,
A motley fool; a miserable world:
As I do live by food, I met a fool:
Who laid him down and bask’d him in the sun,
And rail’d on lady Fortune in good terms,
In good set terms,—and yet a motley fool.—
Motley’s the only wear.

shakspere.—As You Like it, Act II. Scene 7. (Jaques.)

A French edition of a fool.

Cawthorne.—Equality of Human Conditions, Line 2.

The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show.

Shakespeare.—As You Like it, Act I. Scene 2. (Celia to Touchstone.)

FOOLS.—Young men think old men are fools; but old men
know young men are fools.

Chapman.—All Fools, Act V. Scene 1.

Nay, fly to altars; there they’ll talk you dead:
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Pope.—Essay on Criticism, Part III. Line 625.

FOOLS—Where Mars might quake to tread.

Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto I. Stanza 54.

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

Young.—Night IV. Line 842.

FOOT.—Come on, my lords, the better foot before.

Shakespeare.—Titus Andronicus, Act II. Scene 4. (Aaron with Quintus and Martius.)

Nay, but make haste: the better foot before.

Shakespeare.—King John, Act IV. Scene 2. (The King.)