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“A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.”

“Uncle Sam is not often called a fool in business matters, yet he has sold millions of acres of timber land at two dollars and a half an acre on which a single tree was worth more than a hundred dollars. But this priceless land has been patented, and nothing can be done now about the crazy bargain.... a bad, black business from beginning to end.”

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“A reproof entereth more into a woman of sense than an hundred compliments into a fool.”

Women Fool Hundred Compliment Reproof

Author:Gelett Burgess

“Consider in fact, a body of six hundred and fifty-eight miscellaneous persons, set to consult about "business," with twenty-seven millions, mostly fools, assiduously listening to them, and checking and criticising them. Was there ever, since the world began, will there ever be till the world end, any "business" accomplished in these circumstances?”

World Persons Ends Facts Body Government Millions Listening Fool Circumstances Six Hundred Twenties Seven Eight Accomplished Fifty Miscellaneous

Book:The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle

“Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed.”

Trying Century Fool Pages Hundred Conclusion

Book:The Lessons of History

Source: The Lessons of History

“The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.”

Thinking Knows Men Doe Poor Rich He Man Fool Hundred Built Fancy Wagons Timber

Author:Hesiod

“It may be that 'the voice of the people is the voice of God' in fifty one cases out of a hundred, but in the remaining forty nine it is quite as likely to be the voice of the devil, of, what is still worse, the voice of a fool.”

People May Stills Voice Cases Fool Hundred Devil Nine Fifty Forty Voice Of God

Book:Letters, Selected and Edited by Elting E. Morison

Source: Letters, Selected and Edited by Elting E. Morison

“April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.”

Humor Funny Three Four Fool Humorous Hundred Sixty Funny Inspirational April Pranks Fools And Foolishness April Fools Day April Fools Fools Day Funny April Fools Day Funny April Fools

Author:Mark Twain

“Put him in there and chain him up," he ordered curtly. "Yes, that chain, you fool - do you see any other chain in that cell? Peaceable Sherwood? I'm tired of hearing about Peaceable Sherwood! Turn him loose in the cell for the night. - Which one of you said 'Where'll he be by morning?' Where does he look like he's going to be by morning, I ask you - a hundred and fifty miles away?" I was, to be exact, only seven and a half miles away by morning.”

Looks Doe Said Night Turns Asks Half Morning Fool Hundred Tired Seven Hearing Miles Chains Cells Fifty I'm Tired Miles Away

Author:Elizabeth Marie Pope