born fool

Example Sentences

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"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)

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

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.

D’ye suppose that I’m a born fool, Mr Barepoles, that I should try to live on the money itself?

From Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

He had never played the born fool so in his life!

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy