born fool

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There's an old saying that neither money, education, liquor, nor women ever made a fool of a man, they just give a born fool a chance to display his foolishness.

From Anchorite by Schelling, George Luther

Only an idiot is, truly speaking, a born fool; a fool to such a degree that he cannot act wisely if he will.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

"Well, then, tell me this: how's a born fool to act sensible?"

From The Rosie World by Fillmore, Parker

Every man would that were not a born fool.

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah

I don't mind saying that I consider myself very far from a born fool.

From The Rosie World by Fillmore, Parker