born fool

Example Sentences

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No one but a born fool would think of taking a westerly course round the earth if engaged in a race against time.

From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

"There now!" exclaimed Copernicus, bustling toward the windows, "I must be a nateral born fool!"

From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele

This mind of mine at such times is like a born fool or some idiot creature that nothing can bind down. 

From Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings by Whyte, Alexander

You may think I am a born fool, Alfred, but for the past six months I've been corresponding with a fellow in Florida.

From Dixie Hart by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

"He means one who is a born fool, Tim."

From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)