born fool
Example Sentences
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"Well, then, tell me this: how's a born fool to act sensible?"
From The Rosie World by Parker Fillmore
"Were it even possible that I did," says she, "do ye think that I wad be sic a born fool as to tell ye?—Atweel do I no!"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
Nothing is left to chance or muddle in Berlin, and unless you are a born fool you cannot go astray.
From Home Life in Germany by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
Whereas, if you, who have always been strictly temperate——" "I didn't send for you," said Thormanby, "to stand there talking like a born fool.
From Lalage's Lovers by George A. Birmingham
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 Alexander Whyte
